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Biosafety Cabinet Maintenance and Repairs

Biosafety cabinets must be certified annually, when moved, or after repairs.

Technical Safety Services (TSS) is Penn's new biosafety cabinet maintenance vendor that provides certification and repair services. TSS has been vetted and approved by Penn purchasing with a competitive pricing contract in place with the company. 

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New EHRS Executive Director

Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell is pleased to announce the appointment of Maureen O’Leary, PhD, MBA, CBSP, as Executive Director of Environmental Health and Radiation Safety, effective July 15.

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Lab Safety Quick FAQs

Lab Safety Quick FAQs: giving you quick answers to your most frequently asked lab safety questions.

Lab Safety Coordinators will receive an email with a new edition of Quick FAQs each quarter.  They can share these with their lab groups as appropriate.  An archive of all Quick FAQ questions can also be found at the link below.

Lab Safety Quick FAQs Archive

Three new CHP Fact Sheets: vapor, solvents, nitrile gloves

Five New Fact Sheets and SOPs Added to the Chemical Hygiene Plan

EHRS recently introduced four new Fact Sheets and one new SOP to Penn's Chemical Hygiene Plan.  All provide useful tips for better managing common, and often under-appreciated, issues in chemical-handling laboratories.  Use the links below to see the Fact Sheets and SOPs or look for them in the <