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Laboratory Safety
Online Safety Data Sheets
Safety Video: "To be (Safe) or not to be"
The Chemistry Department is a dynamic, growing department with a strong commitment to provide a safe and healthy environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors. We believe that safety education is an integral part of "learning" chemistry.
Department Safety Policy
General Laboratory Safety Information
- Annual Lab Safety Refresher Training
- Laboratory Safety Handbook
- Glove and Lab Coat Use in Common Areas
Emergency Procedures
- Spill response (pdf format)
- Personnel injury (pdf format)
- Facility emergency (pdf format)
- Emergency egress (pdf format)
CWU Safety Training Resources
- ACS Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety
- Hazard Communication Program
- ChemSafetyPRO
- Chemistry SOP template
- Unattended Experiment Form
- How to read an SDS
- NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards
- CUNY lab safety tutorial
- Resources for P.I.s (UC Center for Laboratory Safety)
- Guide to glove selection
(Ansell "Chemical Resistance Guide") - The proper way to remove disposable gloves (pdf format)
Additional safety links
Chemistry News
CWU Research Attacks Growing Wine Fraud Problem
A Central Washington University chemistry graduate student and her professor recently tackled
Beng Group Publishes Paper In Tetrahedron LettersThe Beng Group has published an article in Tetrahedron Letters as part of their collaboration with t
CWU’s Air Quality Monitor Gives Real Time Updates On Smoky ConditionsWorried about the air quality? Central Washington University’s Department of Geological Sciences
