| June 14, 2012
In its ongoing effort to design policies and programs that protect researchers, the University of California Center for Laboratory Safety
today helped distribute a survey to tens of thousands of laboratories
worldwide asking for information about their lab safety practices and
attitudes.
Working in partnership with the software firm BioRAFT and the Nature Publishing Group, the center played a role in designing the survey, which will gather data that can be used to develop best practices in lab safety.
"This survey is a vitally important undertaking that will help us understand how researchers all across the globe approach lab safety," said James Gibson, executive director of the center and director of UCLA's Office of Environment, Health and Safety. "This goes to the very heart of what our organization does — utilizing scientific methods to gather data that will be analyzed and ultimately help us understand how to make our labs even safer. We're very proud to be working with our partners at BioRAFT and Nature Publishing Group on this important project."
Researchers who do not receive a direct invitation are encouraged to complete the survey at go.nature.com/7LDJlI.
UCLA established the UC Center for Laboratory Safety last year with the mission of improving the practice of lab safety through the performance of scientific research and the implementation of best safety practices. Since then, other universities and researchers have been turning to the center for assistance in establishing lab safety programs of their own.
In the past few years, UCLA has dramatically enhanced its own lab safety programs, increasing the number of inspections in its labs, strengthening the university's policy on the required use of personal protective equipment and developing a hazard-assessment tool that labs must update annually or whenever conditions change.
Working in partnership with the software firm BioRAFT and the Nature Publishing Group, the center played a role in designing the survey, which will gather data that can be used to develop best practices in lab safety.
"This survey is a vitally important undertaking that will help us understand how researchers all across the globe approach lab safety," said James Gibson, executive director of the center and director of UCLA's Office of Environment, Health and Safety. "This goes to the very heart of what our organization does — utilizing scientific methods to gather data that will be analyzed and ultimately help us understand how to make our labs even safer. We're very proud to be working with our partners at BioRAFT and Nature Publishing Group on this important project."
Researchers who do not receive a direct invitation are encouraged to complete the survey at go.nature.com/7LDJlI.
UCLA established the UC Center for Laboratory Safety last year with the mission of improving the practice of lab safety through the performance of scientific research and the implementation of best safety practices. Since then, other universities and researchers have been turning to the center for assistance in establishing lab safety programs of their own.
In the past few years, UCLA has dramatically enhanced its own lab safety programs, increasing the number of inspections in its labs, strengthening the university's policy on the required use of personal protective equipment and developing a hazard-assessment tool that labs must update annually or whenever conditions change.
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