Laboratory Inspection Program
Laboratory Inspection Program Description
EHS is required to inspect all laboratories at least annually. To maximize program effectiveness, EHS developed the Collabroative Laboratory Inspection Program (CLIP), which includes three types of inspections: key-indicator reviews, referral inspections, and announced inspections. EHS personnel perform the key-indicator reviews annually and unannounced to get a snapshot of laboratory safety and compliance. EHS presumes that if a research group complies with the items on the key-indicator list, it has an effective safety program in place. Referral inspections are used to follow-up on issues when key-indicator reviews identify significant non-compliance or unsafe and unhealthy conditions. EHS conducts announced inspections to "audit" specific items, such as inventories of radioactive materials.
EHS sends inspection reports to the Principal Investigator within two weeks of the laboratory inspection. Principal Investigators are to correct all non-compliant issues or unsafe or unhealthy conditions identified during the inspections in a timely manner.
Contact Information
Jonathan Moore, Associate Radiation Safety Officer
Phone: 962-5713
Fax: 962-0227
Email: jdmoore at ehs dot unc dot edu
Inspection Checklist
- Safety Inspection Checklist: Right-click (or click-and-hold for single-button mice) and choose "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" from the menu that appears in order to save the checklist to your local computer.
- Photograph from the Colorado School of Mines: provides some practical evidence of the benefit of closed-top shoes in the laboratory. The spill occurred in one of their laboratories in 1999.
Cleaning Your Lab Coat
Clean your lab coat regularly. University Auxiliary Services will clean, fold and press lab coats for $1.63 each or clean and dry fold other items (lab cloths or towels) for $0.84. Call 2-1261 to make arrangements for pick-up and delivery. Either the department or Principal Investigator will pay the cleaning costs. Never take your lab coat home to be cleaned - you might inadvertently contaminate your home.