Is there a PDF with the "additional comments" provided by the survey respon ders? The summarized numeric results are interesting, however a very brief review of the comments is far more telling, and would provide CHAS directi on for the future of academic health and safety. -----Original Message----- From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Se cretary ACS DCHAS Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:42 PM To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: [DCHAS-L] CHAS Chemistry Dept Safety Culture Survey Results CHAS members may be aware that members of the Division, with the help of th e ACS Committee on Chemical Safety and Committee on Professional Training, conducted a survey of chemistry departments nationwide in April. The purpos e of the survey was to generate a picture of current chemical safety manage ment practices in higher education in the United States. The response rate from approximately 900 chemistry departments contacted was about 44%. The s urvey was designed by ACS members based on their professional judgement of the key factors that impact safety cultures in academic departments. We did not include a survey professional in this initial effort. While this means that the survey may not be strictly scientific, we believe that the result s are quite interesting, both for what the responses were, but also for que stions that are left unanswered. We are beginning the process of analyzing the results, which are available at http://www.dchas.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid =69 We are also considering follow up steps to the survey, including possibilit ies such as surveying other stakeholders in academic safety culture (e.g. s tudents, or EHS professionals who serve these departments) to see how their responses compare to those we've already received. We are very interested in feedback from CHAS members about patterns they see in the results. We'd appreciate it if you could take the time to review the information at the site above and provide your thoughts on what they mean. There's a short survey available at http://www.dchas.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid =74 where you can share your thoughts on this with us. Let me know if you have any questions about this. - Ralph Ralph Stuart secretary**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Secretary Division of Chemical Health and Safety American Chemical Society This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be Privileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html
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