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Many workers are unaware of the potential hazards in their
work environment, which makes them more vulnerable to injury. The following
references provide links to indices of chemical hazards associated with laboratories.
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Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Provides a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals and classes for workers, employers, and
occupational health professionals.
- Master Index of Occupational Health
Guidelines for Chemical Hazards. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Summarizes pertinent
information about the properties and hazards of many chemicals found in laboratories.
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AIHA Laboratory Health & Safety Committee. American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), Environmental & Occupational Health & Safety Services (EOHSS).
Provides resources to aid in prevention, identification and control of potential exposures to chemical, biological, ergonomic, ionizing and nonionizing
radiation, and physical hazards in laboratories.
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Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). National Library of Medicine (NLM), TOXNET:
Toxicology Data Network. HSDB is a toxicology data file that focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous
chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene,
emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related
areas. All data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents,
technical reports and selected primary journal literature. HSDB is peer-reviewed by
the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), a committee of experts in the major subject areas
within the data bank's scope. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and
contains over 5000 such records.
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), 5th Edition.
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), (2007, February).
- SECTION VIII-G: Toxin Agents. 119 KB PDF, 13 pages.
- Appendix I: Guidelines for Work with Toxins of Biological Origin. 21 KB PDF, 5 pages.
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Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs).
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
- Ventilation.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
Exposure Evaluation
The following references provide links to indices of sampling and analytical methods used to evaluate exposures in the
workplace.
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Chemical Sampling Information (CSI). OSHA. Presents, in concise form, data on a large number of chemical
substances that may be encountered in industrial hygiene investigations.
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NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM). US Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-113, (1994, August). Provides
individual analytical methods, listed by chemical name or method number.
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Dermal Exposure.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
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