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Phone 301.405.3960
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College Park, MD 20742
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Principal Investigators' Safety Page
This page provides one location where PIs and Lab Managers can find most of the safety requirements and information they need.
Principal Investigator/Lab Manager Requirements
- Laboratory Personnel Safety Checklist
- Safety and Environmental Management Requirements for Operating Laboratory Facilities at UM
- Registration of Experiments Involving Recombinant DNA and/or Infectious Agents
- Possession, Use and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins
- Lab Signage
- Lab Signage Request Form
- Procedures for Vacating a Laboratory
- Standard Operating Procedure Examples and Resources
- Supervisor's Safety Responsibilities
- Biological Agents that Require Oversight
Online Training Requirements (as applicable)
- Biosafety Level 2 Training
- Bloodborne Pathogens for Researchers Training
- Bloodborne Pathogens Refresher for Researchers Training
- Chemical Hygiene Training Program for Laboratory Workers
- Hazardous Waste Generator Training
- Laser Safety Training
- NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
- Radiation Safety Training for use of Particle Accelerators
- Radiation Safety Training for use of Radioactive Materials
- Radiation Safety Training for use of X-Ray Devices
- Radioactive Material Users Refresher Training
- Radioactive Waste Generator Training
- Shipping Infectious Substances and Dry Ice Training - take the online general training, then contact the Biosafety Officer for specific training.
- Supervisor Training
- Working Safely With Laboratory Animals Training
- Universal Waste Training
- DES Training Schedule
Emergency Response
- Emergency Response Guide
- Chemical Spill Kits
- Workers' Compensation/First Report of Injury Forms
- University of Maryland Policy Concerning Fire Emergencies
- Fire On Campus
Safety Information
- Autoclave Safety
- Autoclaving Procedures
- Fact Sheets
- Formaldehyde Management Program
- Safe Handling and Use of Cryogenic Liquids Training
- Methylene Chloride Management Program
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment Form
- Respiratory Protection
- Respirator Fit Test Scheduling
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
- Table of Incompatible Chemicals
Waste Disposal
- Waste Disposal Guidelines
- Use and Disposal of Sharps
- Hazardous/Chemical Pickup and Removal Requests (online)
- Biological, Pathological or Medical Waste Removal Requests (online)
- Low-level Radioactive Waste Pickup and Removal Requests (online)
- How to Label Your Hazardous Waste
Guides/Manuals/Policies
- Laboratory Safety Guide
- UM Biosafety Manual
- Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan
- Campus Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization Guidelines
- Chemical Hygiene Plan/Policy
- Hazardous and Regulated Waste Procedures Manual
- Laser Safety Plan/Policy
- Laboratory Relocation Guidelines
- Policy on Means of Egress
- Policy on Children and Unauthorized Personnel in Hazardous Environments
Contact Information
Other
- Backflow Prevention Devices
- Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
- Laboratory Safety Survey Checklist