{"id":1424,"date":"2020-03-19T15:02:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/?page_id=1424"},"modified":"2020-07-30T17:00:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T09:00:46","slug":"safety-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/safety\/safety-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-subheader clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"page-subtitle\"><small class=\"subheading-category\">Safety Updates<\/small><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2020 &#8211; Safety Activities and Courses<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Safety Activities and Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Lab Keeping Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%\">31st January<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Department Unannounced Day Inspection<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%\">5th February<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">16th Chemical Waste Disposal<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%\">28th February<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Department Staff &amp; Safety Meeting<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%\">20th April<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">Department Admin Team and HOD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Safety Tea<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%\">12th May<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>2019 &#8211; Safety Activities and Courses<\/h3>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 863px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Safety Activities and Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px;text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\">NUSMed Safety Inspection<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">23rd January<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\">NUSMed Safety Committee, RFM Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\">Lab Keeping Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">25th January<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\">Department Safety Committee Meeting<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">31st January<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">12<sup>th<\/sup> Combined Che<\/span><span lang=\"EN-SG\">mical <\/span><span lang=\"EN-SG\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Waste Disposal Exercise <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">16th February<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\">LT\/LE Meeting<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">26th February<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\">Department Safety Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 48px\">Fire Drill Exercise<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 48px;text-align: left\">28th February<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 48px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">OFM and Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 48px\">Safety Tea<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 48px;text-align: left\">8th March<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 48px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 48px\">Biological Spill Response Workshop<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 48px;text-align: left\">31st 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lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 48px\">LT\/LE Meeting<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 48px;text-align: left\">25th September<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 48px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 48px\">Risk Management Course<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 48px;text-align: left\">25th September<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 48px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\">Chemical Spill Response Workshop<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">30th September<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee and Department of Medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr 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24px;text-align: left\">15th November<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 24px\">Department Unannounced Laboratory Safety Inspection<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;height: 24px;text-align: left\">18th November<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%;height: 24px\"><span lang=\"EN-SG\">Department Safety Committee<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">Campus Walk<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;text-align: left\">22nd November<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">NUSMed Health Champions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%\">NUSSHA Audit<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.3529%;text-align: left\">27th November<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 46.3137%\">OSHE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>24\/01\/2017 &#8211; Eye Protection Policy in Research Laboratories and Workshops<\/h3>\n<p>Eye protection is 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