Laboratory Safety Workshop: Setting Priorities and Research Goals

这个实验室安全研讨会由国家科学基金会化学部资助。实验室安全研讨会将汇集研究人员、学生以及健康和安全专业人士，提供一个深入对话的论坛，讨论在研究环境中提高实验室安全计划有效性的挑战和机会，特别是强调实验室中的化学危险。化学危害得到的监管指导或监督很少，有可能造成严重和直接的伤害。讲习班的目的是确定研究优先事项和标准，以便对实验室安全进行实证研究，目的是将研究成果转化为以证据为基础的、适合实验室用途的最佳做法。在2010年11月由美国国家科学院(NAS)主办的华盛顿特区安全峰会上，确定了实验室安全方面的问题和挑战。这次拟举办的研讨会将通过重点研究(由加州大学(UC)实验室安全中心及其附属机构领导)导致数据驱动的实验室安全实践的发展，为解决这些问题制定解决方案。多元化参与对本次研讨会的成功非常重要。NIOSH、OSHA、化学安全委员会、NIH、NAS、NSF的代表，以及全国各地的首席调查人员和学生，都对这一领域的不同领导人产生了高度的兴趣。除了与传统的专业保健和安全组织结成伙伴关系外，还将努力与促进妇女和少数群体的相关科学组织建立伙伴关系，这些组织目前在科学界的代表性不足。意向的合作组织包括美国公共卫生组织、校园安全、健康和环境管理协会(CSHEMA)、美国工业卫生协会、女性科学协会、全国黑人化学家和化学工程师职业促进组织(NOBCChE)、奇卡诺人和美国原住民科学促进会(SACNAS)以及STEM中的伟大思想。

This Laboratory Safety Workshop is funded by the Chemistry Division at the National Science Foundation. The Laboratory Safety Workshop will gather researchers, students, and health and safety professionals to provide a forum for in-depth dialogue regarding the challenges and opportunities for improving the effectiveness of laboratory safety programs in the research setting, with particular emphasis given to chemical hazards in laboratories. Chemical hazards receive very little regulatory guidance or oversight and have the potential to cause serious and immediate injury. The aim of the workshop is to establish research priorities and criteria to study laboratory safety empirically, with the goal of translating research outcomes into evidence-based, fit-for-purpose best practices in the laboratory. At the November 2010 National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-sponsored Safety Summit in Washington, D.C., problems and challenges in laboratory safety were identified. This proposed workshop will strategize solutions to address those problems by focusing on research (led by the University of California (UC) Center for Laboratory Safety and its affiliates) that would lead to the development of data-driven laboratory safety practices.Diverse participation is important to the success of this workshop. There is a high level of interest from a diverse group of leaders in this field, including representatives from NIOSH, OSHA, the Chemical Safety Board, NIH, NAS, NSF and Principal Investigators and students across the country. In addition to partnering with traditional professional health and safety organizations, outreach efforts will be made to relevant scientific organizations that promote women and minorities who are currently underrepresented in the sciences. The intended partnering organizations include the American Public Health Organization, the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA), the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the Association for Women in Science, the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), and Great Minds in STEM.