Don't Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today.
Published Date: Sep 01
September is National Preparedness Month. We want to encourage you to make a plan with your community, your family, and for your pets.
Plan how to stay safe and communicate during the disasters that can affect your community.
Participate in America’s PrepareAthon! and the national day of action, National PrepareAthon! Day, which culminates National Preparedness Month on September 30.
For more information:
CDC: Emergency Preparedness
Ready.gov/september
America's PerpareAthon!
September is National Preparedness Month. We want to encourage you to make a plan with your community, your family, and for your pets.Plan how to stay safe and communicate during the disasters that can affect your community.
Participate in America’s PrepareAthon! and the national day of action, National PrepareAthon! Day, which culminates National Preparedness Month on September 30.
For more information:
CDC: Emergency Preparedness
Ready.gov/september
America's PerpareAthon!
Dress for Success in the Research Laboratory
Published Date: Jun 01
Like most other activities, working in a research laboratory has a dress code. Since many of the materials used in research can cause injury or disease if they contact the skin, proper attire is for protection instead of fashion.
The basic "ensemble" consists of a shirt, long pants or skirt which reaches the ankles, closed toe shoes made of nonabsorbent material, nitrile gloves, and a buttoned lab coat with long sleeves. Sadly, the shorts and sandals that make our Alabama summers more bearable, don’t provide the protection necessary for safe work around potentially hazardous materials. A set of economical scrubs and work shoes stored in your desk or gym bag may be the answer.
This basic outfit should be "accessorized" with additional personal protective equipment (PPE) depending on the task and agents being used.
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The basic "ensemble" consists of a shirt, long pants or skirt which reaches the ankles, closed toe shoes made of nonabsorbent material, nitrile gloves, and a buttoned lab coat with long sleeves. Sadly, the shorts and sandals that make our Alabama summers more bearable, don’t provide the protection necessary for safe work around potentially hazardous materials. A set of economical scrubs and work shoes stored in your desk or gym bag may be the answer.
Examples of improper personal protective equipment (PPE), left, and proper PPE, right
This basic outfit should be "accessorized" with additional personal protective equipment (PPE) depending on the task and agents being used.
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EH&S launches annual emergency evacuation course
Published Date: Feb 05
The Environmental Health & Safety team will roll out this year’s online emergency evacuation course this month. UAB is required to provide this training by both OSHA and fire codes, and it replaces the in-person training the department used to conduct. Students will receive a notification in Canvas indicating that they have been assigned the course. Employees will need to either recertify or take the course through the Campus Learning System. It’s important to complete the course in a timely manner.
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