LABORATORY SAFETY MANUAL

SECTION I 

1. Acknowledgments
2. Introduction
3. Scope
4. Responsibilities

SECTION II

1. Chemical Hygiene and Safety Plan
            a.     General Standard Operating Procedures       
2. Laboratory Housekeeping
3. Training Requirements
4. Hazardous Chemicals
5. Laboratory Security Policy
6. Warning Labels
7. Prior Approval
8. Working in Laboratories After Regular Hours
9. Unattended Experiments
10.  Material Safety Data Sheets
11.  Toxicology Overview
            a.     Chemical Toxicity
            b.     Dose Response Relationships
            c.     Route of Entry
            d.     Health Effects
            e.     Other Factors Affecting Toxicity

SECTION III

1. Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing
            a.     General Policy
            b.     Eye Protection
            c.     Skin Protection
            d.     Respirators           
2. Laboratory Fume Hoods

SECTION IV

1. Fire Emergencies
2. Chemical Spills
3. Personal Contamination
            a.     General Information
            b.     Chemicals Spilled Over a Large Area of the Body
            c.     Chemicals on the Skin in Confined Areas
            d.     Chemicals in the Eyes
            e.     Smoke and Fumes
4. Accident Reporting

	a.	Reporting Hazards
	b.	Hazardous Substance Exposures
	c.	Employee Accidents/Hazardous Substance Exposures
	d.	Student Accidents/Hazardous Substance Exposures
	e.	Reporting of "Near Miss" Accidents

SECTION V

          1.    Purchasing of Chemicals
          2.    Chemical Storage and Transportation
                       a.     Flammable and Combustible Liquid Storage
                       b.     General Considerations for Chemical Storage
                       c.     Chemical Stability
                       d.     Shock Sensitive Chemicals
                       e.     Compounds that form Peroxides during storage
                       f.     Transportation of Hazardous Chemicals
          3.    Shipment of Biological Materials

SECTION VI

1.    Waste Disposal
            a.     Introduction
            b.     Responsibilities
            c.     Packaging and Labeling Procedures
            d.     Waste Reduction
            e.     Definitions
2.    Chemical/Hazardous Waste Checklist for EPA Compliance
3.    Laboratory Cleanout

SECTION VII

1.  Safe Handling of Flammables
2 . Safe Handling of Reactive and Peroxide Forming Chemicals
3 . Safe Handling of Corrosive Chemicals
4 . Safe Handling of Compressed Gases
5 . Controlled Substances
6 . Standard Operating Procedures for Reproductive Hazards, Carcinogens, or Acutely Toxic Chemicals
7. Standard Operating Procedures for Hydrofluoric Acid
8. Standard Operating Procedures for Piranha Solutions

APPENDIX

1.    List of Some Carcinogens and Suspect Carcinogens
2.    List of Some Reproductive Hazards
3.    List of Some Acutely Toxic Chemicals
4.    Experiment Protocol Form
5.    Examples of Incompatible Chemicals
6.    Compounds That Form Peroxide During Storage