Governmental Regulation of Laboratories

C The Osha Laboratory Standard Occupational Exposure To Hazardous Chemicals in 202 

2 Relation of the OSHA Laboratory Standard to Other OSHA Standards 203 

7 Laboratory Standard Versus Hazard Communication Standard 204 

F Sara Title III, Community Right-to-Know And Emergency Notification And Response 210 

1 Research and Development (R D) Exemption from the Premanufacture Notification 210 

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All protocols using live animals must first be reviewed and approved by the corresponding Governmental and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and must conform to the regulations regarding the care and use of laboratory animals. 

Increased attention is being given by industry, government, and consumers to the behavior of plastic foams in fire. Small-scale laboratory tests are not predictive of other fire situations [105]. All plastic foams are combustible, some more readily than others. Small quantities of certain additives [106,107] markedly improve the behavior of the foam in the presence of small fire sources. This, too, has been an area of increased attention by the same stakeholders. The effort is focused on improving the efficacy of the fire retardant additives. All plastic foams should be used properly, following the manufacturers recommendations and governmental regulations. 

Since electrochemical oxidation of organics does not yield a useful product, this technology has been driven more by governmental regulation rather than a favorable return on investment. Hence, the development of electrochemical processes for organics destruction has not progressed beyond laboratory-size or pilot-plant reactors. 

Paperless laboratories can also be of great help in complying with governmental regulations. Systems ihal are in accord with regulations can automate the compliance process atid load to better detection if laboratory practices do not conform to prescribed regulations, lltc audit trail is more easily tracked and any potential alterations more readily found with eicctroitic-bascd systems. 

This is a federal laboratory, which means we are subject to governmental regulations from which the universities are often exempt. This tends to require one to spend a lot of time writing procedures and documenting that the work is well planned and safe. 

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