My last client uses a simple spreadsheet with bi-monthly required checks to ensure the kits are fully stocked, have not been tampered with, and the al arm system on the cabinet works. The kits - cyanide antidote - are provided by an "OCC Doc" via prescription, and must be swapped out every year. Bill Parks CHST, CHMP, CEHT, CIE(pending), LSP(C), RPIH 630/380-4032 **Providing sound Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety and Health, Envir onmental Health & IAQ, Environmental, and Laboratory support services and s olutions for over 25 years** --- On Tue, 3/16/10, Ralph Stuartwrote: > From: Ralph Stuart > Subject: [DCHAS-L] Laboratory medical oversight > To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU > Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 12:01 PM > We have a variety of laboratories > that work with chemicals that present acute hazards that > require rapid response in case of exposure. Examples include > HF and diisopropyl fluorophosphate among others. Some of our > labs that use these chemicals have procured antidotes (such > as calcium gluconate or atropine) for exposures to these > chemicals and, for example, taped them to the fume hood > where the material is used. We've noticed that these > materials tend to be out of date when we discover them. > > Has anyone developed a program to manage this part of > hazardous chemical use, such as identifying which chemicals > require such a measure, assuring that the materials are kept > up to date, and providing lab workers with training in their > use? > > We're trying to assess what it would take to implement such > a program here. > > Thanks for any information. > > - Ralph > > Ralph Stuart, CIH > Environmental Safety Manager > University of Vermont > Environmental Safety Facility > 667 Spear St. Burlington, VT=A0 05405 > > rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu > fax: (802)656-5407 >
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