Spill drill
Transport liquids and sooner or later something will spill. As a lab manager, you need to be prepared for that, as do the staff. One of the cheapest things you can get to make sure that a spill is contained … Continue reading Spill drill
Category: Lab Safety
Going above and beyond
My latest paper in the Journal of Chemical Health and Safety is out. Always a cause for celebration, but for the rest of you, here is the distilled version. Continue reading Going above and beyond
Hexafluorine
Hydrofluoric acid is one of the nastiest chemicals around, despite being one of the weaker acids. It’s one of the most tissue destructive organic acids; read, something you really do not want to get on yourself. The question is: how … Continue reading Hexafluorine
My paper is out
My paper on how to avoid trouble in multi-institution labs is out. Continue reading My paper is out
Mercury in the Sink Trap
How to detect the Continue reading Mercury in the Sink Trap
Resources for bio-hazardous labs
Some useful resources for my colleagues managing biology labs Continue reading Resources for bio-hazardous labs
Lab safety and terrorism
Terrorism is something no-one can ignore today Continue reading Lab safety and terrorism
Pressure vessel safety
Checking your pressure vessels before they blow Continue reading Pressure vessel safety
Hydrofluoric acid accident
Imagine this being done to a human body Continue reading Hydrofluoric acid accident
Keeping deliveries secure
Knowing what’s arrived & what hasn’t Continue reading Keeping deliveries secure
