CA Comprehensive Lab Safety Training – December 5, 2024

THIS TRAINING APPLIES TO CALIFORNIA ONLY. 

This class is required annually for employees who work with or around hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, and biohazardous materials including BBP. (8 CCR 5191/5193/5194, 22 CCR 66262.34(a)(4), 66265.16)

This class covers the following topics to help your laboratory personnel satisfy their annual training requirements in the following areas: 1) Hazard Communication and Chemical Hygiene standards; Chemical hazards; Chemical handling; Safety Data Sheets (SDS); Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classifying and labeling chemicals; Chemical labeling; PPE; Chemical storage;  spill response.  2) Federal and California specific hazardous waste requirements, and general information on pertinent regulations; Definitions of hazardous, universal, and medical waste in the State of California; Labeling, segregation, and container management for hazardous and universal waste; Storage limits for hazardous waste; Response to hazardous and universal waste releases, including contacting outside emergency agencies. 3) General awareness regarding medical waste & Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) safety, including Other Potentially Infectious Material (OPIM), universal precautions, clean up, exposure response, and waste disposal.