Lab Chemical Safety Guidelines

Summary

Review lab chemical safety guidelines before working with chemicals in labs.

Who is this for?

Lab and research staff, including students in teaching labs.

Lab chemical safety guidelines

EHS lab chemical safety guidelines include:

• Chemical hazards and information from safety data sheets.
• Harvard-specific procedures for use, storage, disposal, and emergency response.

If you work with chemicals in lab settings:

• Review applicable lab chemical safety guidelines before starting work.
• Include these guidelines in lab protocols and staff orientations.
• Use these guidelines to supplement other lab standard operating procedures (SOP) and experiment protocols.
• Review additional EHS lab chemical SOP templates.

Contact lab_safety@harvard.edu or your Lab Safety Advisor (LSA) for more information about lab chemical safety guidelines.

Non-HarvardKey holders can contact lab_safety@harvard.edu to request copies of lab chemical safety guidelines.