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MassDEP Hazardous Waste Management Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 10, 2020

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) recently amended its April 8, 2020 Hazardous Waste Management Guidance During the State of Emergency for the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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May 6, 2020

OSHA recently issued a guidance document on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 that focuses on determining employees’ risk of occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in order to identify the appropriate control measures that can be put in place to protect employees from exposure.

April 24, 2020

We have been getting many questions from clients on appropriate precautions to take when working with COVID-19 positive samples in the lab. The World Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), and the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) have all published extremely informative guidance on this topic

April 16, 2020

Watertown announced yesterday that due to the COVID-19 emergency they will be postponing the effective date of their new regulation (Biotechnology and the Use of Recombinant DNA Molecule Technology) from May 1 until July 1, 2020.

April 3, 2020

The terms risk and hazard are used often in the safety world, many times interchangeably. They have very different meanings, however, and when using these terms, care should be taken to use them appropriately.

March 11, 2020

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s first eye health and vision care nonprofit organization, has deemed March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month. Did you know that thousands of people are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries? According to the CDC, each day about 2,000 U.S. employees sustain a work-related eye injury that requires medical treatment.

February 19, 2020

If your facility is registered with the MA DEP as a Large Quantity Generator (LQG) of hazardous waste, don’t forget that 2020 is a year when biennial reports must be filed. Biennial reports are due by March 1st of even numbered years for any facility that exceeded the LQG threshold during the preceding odd numbered year, even if your facility is no longer registered as an LQG.

June 19, 2019

Did you know that violations related to the OSHA Hazard Communication standard ranked #2 in the OSHA top 10 list for most frequently cited violations in 2018? Common citations included not having a written program or safety data sheets (SDS) for all chemicals, lack of employee training, and deficiencies related to secondary container labels.

June 4, 2019

The use of fresh blood drawn from company employees is sometimes required when timelines in experiments are too tight to use an outside blood supply vendor. That said, it is considered to be preferable from a safety standpoint, and often a logistical one as well, that an outside blood supply vendor be used rather than establishing an in-house program.

May 21, 2019

Local recombinant DNA ordinances, including those of Boston, Cambridge, and Lexington to name a few, require compliance with the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Molecules (originally published in1986) as well as revisions and amendments to the Guidelines.

May 7, 2019

Would you know what to do if an employee at your company had a needlestick injury or other exposure incident? Other routes of exposure to biological material include accidents with other types of sharps as well as exposure to the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, mouth, and non-intact skin.

March 12, 2019

OSHA has announced that Safe + Sound 2019 will be held August 12-18, 2019. This national event is intended to promote the value of workplace health and safety programs.

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MassDEP Hazardous Waste Management Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SARS-CoV-2: Determining Your Employees’ Exposure Risk Level

Risk Assessments: The Key to Working Safely with COVID-19 Positive Samples

New Watertown Regulation: Biotechnology and the Use of Recombinant DNA Molecule Technology

Hazard and Risk Analysis

March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Biennial Reports Are Due March 1, 2020!

How to Protect Your Company From OSHA HazCom Violations

Is an In-House Blood Donation Program Necessary at Your Company?

How Will the 2019 Changes to the NIH Guidelines Affect Your Company’s Research?

Responding to an Exposure Incident – The Steps to Take

OSHA Announces Safe + Sound Week 2019

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