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Environmental Health & Radiation Safety Training Training is required by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) for all employees who work with hazardous substances including: chemicals, human blood, blood products, fluids, and human tissue specimens. Training is also required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for all personnel using radioactive materials or radiation producing equipment at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliated institutions. Training programs are developed and presented by the Office of Environmental Health & Radiation Safety (EHRS) in monthly live presentations or online formats. To determine which training programs you are required to take, review the section 'Training Requirements' on the EHRS website www.ehrs.upenn.edu/training/index.html. The next live training program is: Introduction To Laboratory And Biological Safety At Penn. This new combined training program provides a comprehensive overview of safe work practices in the biomedical laboratory, including chemical safety, biosafety and bloodborne pathogens. This course familiarizes the employee with the University's Chemical Hygiene Plan, Biosafety Manual and Exposure Control Plans. The course is designed for employees who have not previously attended training at the University and replaces Introduction to Laboratory Safety at Penn (Chemical Hygiene Training) and Introduction to Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens. All faculty, staff and students at the University who work in a laboratory must attend this training. Please arrive early. Sign-in from 1-1:15 p.m. No admittance to the course after 1:15 p.m. Penn ID or Driver's license is required for sign-in. A Certificate of Completion will be granted at the end of the training session. Only those individuals who sign-in and receive the Certificate will be given credit for the course. January 30, 14 p.m., Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall. Note: All Faculty and Staff must attend a session of Introductory Training as soon as possible after hire. Annual Update Training can be completed on-line, for those that have already attended an Introductory Training session. Check the EHRS website for additional programs offered.
Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 18, January 20, 2004 |
ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS: Tuesday, Vice
President and Chief of Staff Pedro Ramos will be leaving College Hall
for City Hall. The President
and Provost outline the university's
economic outlook. A senior
from Bermuda majoring in political science, philosophy, and
economics has won a Rhodes
Scholarship he's the first Penn
student to win a non-U.S. Rhodes. Dr.
Mauro Guillén holds the Dr. Felix Zandman Endowed Chair of International
Management. Penn's
Cancer Network--totally 29 hospitals now extends to Hackettstown, New
Jersey. AWFA
hosts a Breakfast Meeting featuring Penn's latest MacArthur Fellow,
Dr. Sarah Kagan. The Diversity
Fund's annual call for proposals: due March 15. Honors recognize
several professors' emeriti for awards. Research
Roundup: Baboons, Nanotubes, Adulthood, Mortality. ISC
Networking and Telecommunications services and rates for FY 2005. Discounts
for Faculty and Staff Night at Basketball Game vs. Dartmouth. Need a sign
of spring? Check out the Artifacts
in Bloom at UPM. |
