Safe Classroom: ADEQ releases chemical management toolkit
Sarita Douglas, examiner.com
September 29, 2012 

On Thursday, September 27, 2012 the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) released a 60-page chemical management toolkit to assist Arizona school districts in managing chemicals used at schools.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranks responsible chemical management as a top priority for schools, stating that many school buildings "contain environmental conditions that inhibit learning and pose increased risks to the health of children and staff."
English version 

The EPA provides information and resources on its own healthy schools chemical management website.

The EPA video on the SC3 campaign to clean up chemicals in schools provides an in-depth look at the many places chemicals can be found in and outside the chemistry lab, and the process of removal in several schools in the US.

“Developing a Chemical Safety Plan: Tips for Reducing Risk”

Facility Masters Series Webcast, Thursday, September 27 from 12:00-1:15pm EASTERN. http://www.facilitymastersonline.com/webcasts/

• A PDF version of the presentation from this webcast
• Chemical Safety Related Documents shared by our speakers
• All our previous webinars in the Facility Masters Series

Learn how to improve safety and protect students, teachers and staff from chemical threats with an effective chemical management plan.

In this webinar, you will learn chemical safety standards and best practices that will help you:

• Prepare a written chemical management plan
• Conduct and document a chemical inventory
• Establish a chemical storage system
• Identify and train a chemical coordinator
• Recognize and eliminate chemical safety and storage hazards
• Create a culture of safety in managing chemicals
• Establish preventive maintenance activities to manage chemical safety long-term
• Educate administrators, maintenance/custodial staff, teachers and students

Additional chemical safety best practices are available at www.facilitymastersonline.com/resources.

The Third Annual Laboratory Safety Survey

Small but steady improvement across most lab safety categories.  By: Pamela Ahlberg - Published: June 16 2012

 

Three years ago we began surveying our readers to find out about their lab safety practices and to track how those practices change moving forward. Last year’s survey indicated fairly substantial improvement over 2010 despite the continuing economic pressures that might have made lab health and safety a “nice to have” and not a “must have.” But that was not the case last year, nor was it the case this year, when we found modest but steady improvement across nearly all lab health and safety categories.


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Chemical safety program cannot be overrated

The viability of a chemical safety program cannot be overrated. Unfortunately, most schools and universities don't emphasize their programs the way they should. Read more at:

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT: Chemical Safety Programs

http://asumag.com/mag/university_maintenance_management_chemical/

American School and University

Dec 1, 2000 12:00 PM  RICHARD SHAW

A Guide to Prudent Chemical Management

Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security: A Guide to Prudent Chemical Management

Good safety and security procedures can lead to greater productivity, efficiency, savings, and most importantly, greater sophistication and cooperation. Improving safety and security is mistakenly seen as inhibitory, because of lack of understanding of safety and security procedures, cultural barriers, lack of skills, and financial constraints. 

Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security A Guide to Prudent Chemical Management and accompanying toolkit will assist chemists in developing countries to overcome the barriers they face and increase the level of safety and security in their labs through improved chemicals management and following the best laboratory practices possible.

English
Reference book
• Reference book, Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security: A Guide to Prudent Chemical Management
Toolkit Items
• Quick guide for laboratory managers (brochure format)
• Quick guide for laboratory managers (page-by-page format)
• Executive summary to share with institutional leaders (brochure format)
• Executive summary to share with institutional leaders (page-by-page format)
• Instructor’s guide, forms, and signs to photocopy and distribute• Preplanning reference cards to distribute to laboratory personnel
• Helpful reminder signs for posting in the laboratory 


For more information contact bcst@nas.edu