Laboratory Safety

• Research Safety Authorizations for Principal Investigators
• Research Safety Resources for New Principal Investigators

• Biosafety Topics
• Biohazard Use Authorization (BUA)
• Biosafety training

• Chemical Safety Topics
• ChemCycle, chemical reuse program
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Sources
• Lab and Chemical Safety Training

• Controlled Substances Program
• Controlled Substance Use Authorization (CSUA)
• Training

• Hazardous Waste Topics
• How to Get a Waste Generator Number (WGN)
• Request a Hazardous Waste Collection
• Training

• Human Research Protections Program
• Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• How to Submit a New Project Application

• Laser Safety Program
• Laser Use Authorization (LUA)
• Laser safety training

• Emergency preparedness
  • UCSD Emergency Guide
  • Corridor Safety Requirements
  • Eye Wash and Emergency Shower Guidelines
  • Fire Safety Resources
  • Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team
  • Prepare for a Power Failure in a Lab
  • Reducing Workplace Earthquake Hazards
  • What to do if a Work-related Injury, Illness, or Exposure Occurs
• Equipment
  • Autoclaves
  • Centrifuge Safety
  • Decontamination Clearance for Equipment or Facilities (Green tag)
  • Defrosting your research freezer (PDF)
  • Engineering Controls for Laboratory Safety
  • Eye Wash and Emergency Shower Guidelines
  • Magnet Safety Guidelines
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Special Refrigerators for Flammable Liquids Storage
• Ergonomics
  • Ergonomics Topics
  • Ergonomic Awareness: Risk Factors
• Facilities
  • Close or Relocate a UCSD Laboratory
  • Guidelines for Non-laboratory Personnel Working in UCSD Laboratories
  • Laboratory Clean Areas
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
  • MSDS Sources
  • Material Safety Data Sheets Explained
• Medical surveillance resources
• Paperwork
  • Laboratory Safety Forms
  • Laboratory Safety Labels
  • Lab Notes Newsletter
• Reproductive hazards
  • Preventing Reproductive Hazards
• Research Assistance Program (RAP)
  • Research Assistance Program Overview
  • Research Assistance Program (RAP) Contacts
• Responsibilities
  • Laboratory Audits
  • Minors in UCSD Laboratories
  • What Area Safety Coordinators Need to Know
• Supplies
  • Shipping Hazardous Materials
  • STORE: Get Ready for the Inspector
  • Items Restricted From Department Order

Go to My Research Safety, a Web portal for centralized views of your Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) audits, inventory, and authorizations.

Note: To access all of the applications on My Research Safety you must be entered in EH&S' database.

• Use the PI Information form to be entered into the EH&S database or to report information changes.

• Radiation Safety Topics
• Radioisotope Use Authorization (RUA)
• Radiation Safety Health Physicist (HP) Contacts
• Radiation safety training

• Safety Training for Lab and Research Employees

• Vivarium Safety Topics
• How to Get an Animal Use Protocol
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
• Occupational Health Policy for Employees or Affiliates With Research Animal Exposure
• Animal research training