Laboratory Safety training is designed to meet the training requirements of researchers and combines the Laboratory Chemical Safety and Disposal (Chemical Hygiene Plan) and Bloodborne Pathogens trainings into a single session. This training complies with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens and Laboratory Standards, as well as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hazardous waste disposal regulations. Under OSHA regulations, all laboratory personnel are required to complete this training annually, including graduate students, medical students, principal investigators, physicians, postdoctoral fellows, laboratory technicians, and other laboratory workers conducting wet bench work.
Training Frequency
Researchers are required to complete laboratory safety training on an annual basis (365 days). Training records are available to confirm who has completed EHS laboratory safety training within the past 12 months. Laboratory safety training may be completed in the following ways:
- Attend an instructor-led laboratory safety training session.
- Coordinate a small group training session in the laboratory (contact EHS).
- Complete online laboratory safety training (initial or annual refresher) as instructed below. In order to be eligible to take the online laboratory safety refresher training, a researcher must have taken the initial laboratory safety training session, either instructor-led or online.
Training Registration
Laboratory safety training registration is administered via the Weill Training Management System (WTMS), inclusive of instructor-led and web-based trainings. Click here for additional information regarding the WTMS registration process.
- WCM Students, Faculty and Staff - Training Registration via WTMS
- Instructions for External User/Non-WCM Employee Training Registration
Note: Contact EHS if you believe you have completed an initial laboratory safety training session but the online refresher training is not available.