Online Laboratory Safety Refresher Training

About EOHSS

Environmental & Occupational Health & Safety Services is a service-oriented department of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ).   It was established to assist the University in providing a healthy and safe working and learning environment.

About the Module

The following module is designed to update the training you received during Initial Laboratory Safety Training.  Completion of the quiz at the end of the module with a score of 80% or higher will satisfy your training requirements under the following regulations:

	PEOSH Laboratory Safety Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450 - "Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Substances in Laboratories"),
	NJ Right to Know Law
	Hazardous Waste Manager (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
	PEOSH Formaldehyde Standard (29 CFR 1910.1048)

Laboratory Safety and Right to Know training are required for laboratory personnel every other year.  Hazardous waste manager training is required annually.   Formaldehyde training is required annually for employees with potential exposure. 

Personnel who last completed laboratory training in 2005 must complete training by the end of 2007 and those who last completed training in 2006 must complete training by the end of 2008.

Note: New employees, and those who have not attended Laboratory Safety Training in the past MUST attend classroom initial training. 

Bloodborne Pathogens/Biosafety training is also required annually for students, employees and volunteers who work in UMDNJ laboratories.  An online module for 2006/2007 is posted at: http://www2.umdnj.edu/eohssweb/publications/biosafetytraining.htm

If you have any questions about accessing the modules, please contact EOHSS at (732) 235-4058 or (973) 972-4812.

If you have questions about who needs to complete training or about training content, please contact your campus EOHSS office:

Newark/Scotch Plains x2-4812,
Piscataway/New Brunswick x5-4058,
Stratford/Camden x6-6189

 

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