Biohazardous Waste Tub Shortages and Grey Tubs
You may have noticed occasional shortages of biohazardous waste tubs and lids, as well as the appearance of grey tubs alongside the regular red tubs.
EHS General Safety Symposium
Please join the Environmental Health & Safety Office at a seminar focusing on safety in the lab. Seminars will be presented at the beginning of each academic term – Fall, Spring and Summer. Recording available at the link below (UI HawkID and password required):
Substandard Nitrile Gloves
There have been reports on campus of newly opened boxes of nitrile gloves having visible discoloration, stains, deterioration, or other signs of prior use. Gloves may also be packaged precariously, full of crumpled gloves or some halfway inside-out, instead of flat layers of neatly packaged gloves. These are believed to be previously used, substandard gloves packaged into counterfeit nitrile glove boxes and sold on the market as new gloves. One brand that has been implicated as substandard or fake is SkyMed; however, there are reports of other off brands as well.
SAFETYmatters Newsletter
SAFETYmatters is EHS's bimonthly newsletter. This page provides a subscription link to the electronic newsletter as well as access to previously released editions.
Accessing EHS Written Manuals and Forms
EHS uses SharePoint to maintain our written programs and documents. As a UI member, you have read access to all of the documents posted on our website and will need to log in to your UI Office 365 account to view the document(s).