May 2009

Quarter 2 2009 Self-Inspection: TRACE: Health and Safety Verification for Laboratories

The special topic for Quarter 2 is TRACE: Health and Safety Verification for Laboratories, where entities with laboratories and chemical storage areas will review items relating to the new TRACE verification program.

Self-Inspections forms for this quarter need to be completed and returned to your department Health and Safety Contact by June 30, 2009.

Items for laboratories to review this quarter:

• TRACE: Health and Safety Verification Program


• Training: Training Advisor, Training Records


• Compliance: Verify rooms used for chemical storage; Corrections for regulatory inspection findings


• Changes in carcass disposal for labs working with animals- New policy that will be checked during the Santa Clara County Medical Waste Inspection starting in June 2009.

Chemical Inventory Update: Hagey (PSRL) Building

Updates for the 701B Welch, 800 Welch and the Hagey Pediatric Surgical Research Labs (07-550) are due by June 10, 2009.

Stanford policy requires labs to:
- add chemicals that are not currently in the inventory system
- delete items that are no longer in the lab and no longer in use
- adjust quantities of inventory items if ongoing changes have been made
- include all compressed gas cylinders and bleach (both often overlooked)

All chemical inventories need to be updated ONLINE using Chemtracker v1. Upon request, EH&S can provide current inventory summaries for your overall review. Contact Shelly Navarro (shellyn@stanford.edu) for printouts, questions on accessing the system or for a username/password.

https://chemtracker.stanford.edu/stanford/

The Chemical Inventory Update is an annual process where labs review and update information in the ChemTracker database; the University uses this information as part of the Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) submitted to regulatory and response agencies.