MHC Safety Handbook: VI(a)

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Preface

I. Safety Program
Object/Responsibilities

II. Laboratory Working Alone
and After Hours Policies

III. Emergency Procedures

IV. Safety Equipment

V. Chemical Safety

	a. General Principles
	b. Personal Protective Equipment
	c. Chemical Storage
	d. Flammables
	e. Reactives
	f. Compressed Gases
	g. Cryogens
	h. Acute Toxins
	i. Select Carcinogens
	j. Reproductive Toxins
	k. Corrosives
	l. Summary Particularily Hazardous Substance
	m. Information/Training

VI. Biological Safety

	a. Recombinant DNA and Microbiology Safety
	b. Bloodborne Pathogen Control in Laboratory
	c. Select Agents

VII. Radiation Safety

	a. Radioative Materials
	b. Lasers

VIII. Controlled Substances

IX. Machine Tools

X. Exposure Evaluation/
Medical Consultation

XI. Waste Disposal

Bibliography

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A. Recombinant DNA Research

All recombinant DNA research must be conducted in accordance with the National Institute of Health's, NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (April 2002).

B. Microbiological Laboratories

Microbiological Laboratories must comply with the Center for Disease Control's, Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 4th Edition (May 1999).