Safety

The unscheduled inspection program, led by the U-M Department of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), was put on hold in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With laboratory research activity returning to pre-pandemic levels, EHS has now resumed this program. What You Should Know Following each visit, Principal Investigators will receive a report that is ...

Wearing proper personal attire in the lab and animal care facilities protects both you and the animals entrusted to our care. With the warmer summer months ahead, we ask that you review the basics of proper personal attire in the lab with your staff, including all students who may be involved with research. REGARDLESS of ...

Research that involves certain types of animal-derived substances – including materials from swine and ruminants – requires advance approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).  This requirement applies to research with tissues, fluids, and/or cells from: Expand each section below for answers to several frequently asked questions. The IBC requires Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2) precautions ...

To continue strengthening laboratory and research safety across the University of Michigan, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) is partnering with the U-M Research and Academic Safety Committee to develop and implement a new phase of its research safety initiative. The new phase of the initiative known as “Safety First, Safety Every Day” is launching in ...

With the arrival of warm weather and many individuals returning to campus, now is the perfect time to review the basics of proper personal attire in the laboratory with your staff (including students). REGARDLESS of outdoor weather conditions, personal attire worn in the laboratory and/or animal care facility should ALWAYS provide full coverage of the legs, ...

As your partners in conducting responsible research to benefit both human and animal health, members of the Animal Care & Use Program and, by extension, our collaborators across campus, place the utmost importance on the safety and security of our U-M research community. To this end, we would like to draw your attention to two ...

With many new faculty, staff, and students descending upon campus to start the new academic year, we’re looking for a few good research role models. You may wonder, what makes a good research role model? Any individual in any position (student, administrator, faculty, staff, technician, etc.) can serve as an exemplary research role model for ...

Needlestick injuries are often a reality for nurses and lab personnel who regularly use needles in their day-to-day operations. Unfortunately, when needles and other sharps are not properly disposed of, these injuries can be incurred by individuals whose roles don’t involve handling of needles and who are otherwise unaware of their presence – including ULAM ...