Make safety awareness a priority: Use a login software in your research facility
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
We report on a facility login software, whose objective is to improve safety in multi-user research facilities. Its most important safety features are: 1) blocks users from entering the lab after being absent for more than a predetermined number of days; 2) gives users a random safety quiz question, which they need to answer satisfactorily in order to use the facility; 3) blocks unauthorized users from using the facility afterhours; and 4) displays the current users in the facility. Besides restricting access to unauthorized users, the software keeps users mindful of key safety concepts. In addition, integration of the software with a door controller system can convert it into an effective physical safety mechanism. Depending on DOE approval, the code may be available as open source.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1344238
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1550606
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-113555-2017-JA; R&D Project: 16060; 16060; KC0403020
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, Vol. 24, Issue 4; ISSN 1871-5532
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
A review and critique of academic lab safety research
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