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Is an In-House Blood Donation Program Necessary at Your Company?

June 4, 2019

The use of fresh blood drawn from company employees is sometimes required when timelines in experiments are too tight to use an outside blood supply vendor. That said, it is considered to be preferable from a safety standpoint, and often a logistical one as well, that an outside blood supply vendor be used rather than establishing an in-house program.

May 30, 2019

Many of Safety Partners’ clients hold Controlled Substances Registrations (Researcher) for the research use of controlled substances. In Massachusetts, a controlled substance includes all drugs regulated by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in schedules I through V as well as Schedule VI, which is defined as all prescription drugs, which are not included in any other schedule.

May 21, 2019

Local recombinant DNA ordinances, including those of Boston, Cambridge, and Lexington to name a few, require compliance with the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Molecules (originally published in1986) as well as revisions and amendments to the Guidelines.

May 14, 2019

Proposed changes to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Sewer Use Regulations (360 CMR 10.000) were published in April 2019 and a public hearing on the changes was held this week on May 13.

May 7, 2019

Would you know what to do if an employee at your company had a needlestick injury or other exposure incident? Other routes of exposure to biological material include accidents with other types of sharps as well as exposure to the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, mouth, and non-intact skin.

March 19, 2019

Be sure to reconcile the Safety Data Sheets at your facility to verify that you have an SDS for all hazardous chemicals present on site.

March 12, 2019

OSHA has announced that Safe + Sound 2019 will be held August 12-18, 2019. This national event is intended to promote the value of workplace health and safety programs.

March 5, 2019

The updated Law M.G.L. Chapter 149 § 6 ½ requiring public sector workplaces to comply with OSHA regulations went into effect on February 1, 2019. While this is a significant change for public workplaces, OSHA does continue to have jurisdiction over private employers.

February 26, 2019

OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 requires that employers maintain a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present in the workplace. While conducting chemical inventories, it is prudent to ensure that the SDS files are up to date for all chemicals found during the inventory.

February 19, 2019

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiation Control Program tracks the generation and disposal of low-level radioactive waste produced in Massachusetts every year. This is accomplished through requiring a completed LLRW survey from all licensed facilities every year.

February 13, 2019

"I Love Safety Training!" Wait…what? Have you heard many people utter these words before? It is easy to say that the importance of developing an effective safety training program should not be overlooked, but how do you put a fun and therefore effective safety training program into practice?

February 7, 2019

If you have never conducted a gap analysis or if it has been some time since the last one, consider investing in this invaluable process. Even if you have established a robust program, a gap analysis can provide input into what areas could use improvement or redefined focus.

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Is an In-House Blood Donation Program Necessary at Your Company?

Are You a Virtual Manufacturer?

How Will the 2019 Changes to the NIH Guidelines Affect Your Company’s Research?

Proposed Changes to the MWRA Regulations

Responding to an Exposure Incident – The Steps to Take

Reconcile Safety Data Sheets

OSHA Announces Safe + Sound Week 2019

Updated MA Law for Public Workplaces

Remember to Conduct Chemical Inventories

Be Sure to Submit Your LLRW Survey!

Making Safety Training Fun

Gap Analyses Benefit Everyone

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