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The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the United States that supports safety in science education.. Founded in 1978 by Dr. James Kaufman to provide safety training for secondary school science teachers, LSI has grown to become "An International Center for Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs."
Hazardous chemicals present physical and/or health threats to workers in clinical, industrial, and academic laboratories. Laboratory chemicals include cancer-causing agents (carcinogens), toxins (e.g., those affecting the liver, kidney, and nervous system), irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, as well as agents that act on the blood system or damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Space Food Systems Laboratory [7] Offices for Space Exploration. 18 Morpheus Command Center 20 Safety and Mission Assurance, Office of Procurement 2010 21 Human Health and Performance Laboratory 2017 [8] 24 Central Heating and Cooling Plant 25 26 Columbia Center 2010 27 Astronaut Quarantine Facility 2005 28 Auxiliary chiller facility 1991 29
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1] Rank Company name 12: ExxonMobil: 48: Phillips 66: 60: Sysco: 105: Enterprise Products Partners: 106: Hewlett Packard ...
Universal Standard Healthcare, Laboratory division (1998) Pathology Medical Laboratories (2000) Path Lab Holdings Inc. (2001) ViroMed Inc. (2001) Dynacare (2003) Esoterix, Inc. (2005) Litholink Corporation (2006) Tandem Labs (2007) Monogram Biosciences (2009) Westcliff Medical Laboratory (2010) Genzyme Genetics (2010) Clearstone (2011) Orchid ...
A scientist at a research laboratory in Australia got infected with Dengue through a mosquito bite in the laboratory. [51] 2012 Anthrax United Kingdom The UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency sent out live samples of anthrax by mistake. Its Surrey lab was subject to a Crown Prohibition Notice (CPN), closing it until improvements were made. [52 ...
For patient safety ratings the same three possible ratings are used. For this hospital they are: Worse than expected - 0; As expected - 7; Better than expected - 6; Percent of patients who would rate this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 81%. Percent of patients nationally who rate hospitals on average a 9 or 10 - 69%. [14]
The FDA requires nonclinical laboratory studies on new drugs, food additives, and chemicals to assess their safety and potential effectiveness in humans in compliance with 21 CFR Part 58, Good Laboratory Practice for Nonclinical Studies under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and Public Health Service Act. [16]