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Chemical Safety Officer - Dr. Chris Kolodziej (310) 704-5013 Strathmore Building 4th Floor
UCLA Laboratory Safety Manual
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Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
An MSDS must be available for each hazardous substance in a laboratory’s chemical inventory.
MSDSs are available from:
Also, in Google or any other search engine, type "MSDS" and the name of the chemical.
For more information on materials safety, visit the EH&S Website.
List of Hazardous Chemicals
- Acute Toxins
- Reproductive Toxins
- Regulated Carcinogens
- Select Carcinogens
- Explosives
- Pyrophorics
- Fire Diamond HFRS Ratings
More General Health and Safety Resources
UCLA Biological Chemistry Safety Resources
Hazard Communications - Online Training from OSHA
UCI Library of SOPs for Hazardous Operations and Hazardous Materials
Surplus Chemical Redistribution Program Website
Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- How to Transport Chemicals
- How to Handle Particularly Hazardous Chemicals
- How to Handle Compressed Gas Cylinders
- How to Use Vacuum Lines
- Handling Vinyl Monomers
- How to Use Ozone Generators (* Require Training)
- How to Work with Osmium Tetroxide (aka Osmic Acid, Perosmic Oxide)
- Spreading Bacterial Cultures
- Organolithium Safety (corrosive, flammable, and in certain cases pyrophoric)
- Safe Use of Pyrophoric Solids (* spontaneous ignition in air)
- Safe Use of Pyrophoric Liquid Reagents
- How to Work With Volatile & Malodorous Compounds