Laboratory Audit Form

This form has been assembled to enable Departmental Safety Commitees(DSCs) to audit their safety program. Where applicable, links have been inserted into questions to point to more information to aid in the implementation of safety measures.

Departments will be periodically asked to complete and submit this form to Environmental Health and Safety.

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Are orientation sessions held to advise new students and staff of the applicable emergency and safety procedures? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/training

Question #2

Indicate which of the following activities are relevant to your department and if your laboratory personnel have undergone the required training

Indicate which of the following risks and associated training needs are relevant to your department:

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Are students and staff informed and regularly reminded of their responsibilities with respect to health and safety?
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Are supervisory staff instructed in the procedures for dealing with, reporting and investigating accidents and dangerous incidents? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/forms/forms/accident-and-incident-report
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Do you have laboratory personnel with up-to-date training in first aid and CPR techniques? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/training/firstaid
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Do all your laboratory personnel have access to first aid kits? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/forms/forms/first-aid
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Are your first aid kits checked and the contents replenished regularly? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/forms/forms/first-aid/first-aid-kit-contents
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Are staff and students advised of the appropriate procedures for the disposal of hazardous wastes? www.mcgill.ca/hwm
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Does your department have a mechanism in place to ensure that departing researchers clean up their experimental materials before leaving the University?
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Does your department maintain an up-to-date list of emergency evacuation monitors? http://www.mcgill.ca/emfp/fire-prevention/building-evacuation/evacuation-team-procedures
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Has your DSC met in the past 6 months?
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Does your department conduct periodic inspections of laboratories?
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Does your Safety Committee regularly review accident and incident reports as well as complaints received from members of the department?
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Are up-to-date Laboratory Information Cards posted on all your lab doors? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/laboratory-cards
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Are emergency eye washes flushed weekly by laboratory personnel?https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/laboratory
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Are emergency showers tested annually by Facilities Management? https://www.mcgill.ca/ehs/laboratory
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Does your department have a disaster recovery plan in place?
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Is safety a regular agenda item in faculty meetings?
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