The lab safety rerelease

Safety training shouldn’t be something that is performed once and put aside. Yet in far too many laboratories, that’s exactly what happens. Do you have a new employee? Train them. Have they been on staff for a few years? Maybe you should do a yearly fire drill and that’s it. However, just like you don’t learn everything about a movie the first time through, employees don’t truly grasp lab safety in one sitting. Policies evolve, the environment changes, and most importantly, people change—their habits, their memory, and their awareness.

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