• Laboratory Quality Management System Training Toolkit
  World Health Organization
• Laboratory Safety
  Environment, Health & Safety, University of California, Los Angeles
• Laboratory Safety Incidents
  American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• Safety and Health in Laboratories
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Basic Chemical Safety

• Chemical Safety Manual for Small Businesses, 3rd Edition 2006 (PDF, 1MB)
  Committee on Chemical Safety and Division of Small Chemical Businesses, American Chemical Society
• Creating Safety Cultures in Academic Institutions: A Report of the Safety Culture Task Force of the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety, 2012 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  Committee on Chemical Safety, American Chemical Society
• Fact Sheets
  Environment, Health & Safety, University of California, Los Angeles
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, 2012
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• OSHA Laboratory Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan, 2011 (PDF, 366 KB)
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, 2011
  Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory, The National Academies Press
• Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories: Volume 1 Accident Prevention for College and University Students 7th Edition, 2003 (PDF, 248 KB)
  A Publication of the American Chemical Society Joint Board – Council on Chemical Safety
• Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories: Volume 2 Accident Prevention for Faculty and Administrators 7th Edition, 2002 (PDF, 251 KB)
  A Publication of the American Chemical Society Joint Board – Council on Chemical Safety
• Security Vulnerability Checklist for Academic and Small Chemical Laboratory Facilities (PDF, 140 KB)
  Prepared by the American Chemical Society, Committee on Chemical Safety, Safe Practices Subcommittee

Handling Reactive Chemicals

• Particularly Hazardous Substances and Other Reactive Chemicals
  Laboratory Safety Division, University of California, Los Angeles
• Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
  Office of Response and Restoration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Reactive Chemical Hazards
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Chemical Reactivity Hazards
  Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER)
  National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

• Biosafety and laboratory biosecurity, 2012
  World Health Organization
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 5th Edition, Revised 2009 (PDF, 260 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Guidelines for Biosafety Laboratory Competency Supplements
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories
• Guidelines for Biosafety Laboratory Competency, 2011 (PDF, 400 KB)
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories
• Guidelines for Safe Work Practices in Human and Animal Medical Diagnostic Laboratories (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012 Jan 6;61 Suppl:1-102. Erratum in: MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012 Mar 30;61(12):214
• Laboratory Biosafety Manual - Third Edition, 2004 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  World Health Organization
• National Select Agency Registry, 2012
  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Tuberculosis Laboratory Guidelines, 2011
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• General Safe Practices for Working with Engineered Nanomaterials in Research Laboratories (PDF, 2.2 MB)
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Nanotoolkit: Working Safely with Engineered Nanomaterials in Academic Research Settings, 2012 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
  California Nanosafety Consortium of Higher Education
• Risk perception and risk communication with regard to nanomaterials in the workplace, 2012 (PDF, 2.4MB)
  European Risk Observatory, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• Working Safely with Nanomaterials in Research & Development, 2012 (PDF, 600 KB)
  The UK NanoSafety Partnership Group

• Chemical Cleanout, Healthy School Environment Resources (2012)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Chemical Management Resource Guide for School Administrators (2010)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Safety Checklist Program for Schools, October 2003
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Safety in the Science Classroom
  National Science Teachers Association
• School Chemical Clean-out Campaign (SC3) (2011)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide, October 2006
  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• School Laboratory Safety Courses
  Flinn Scientific, Inc.
• Toolkit for Safe Chemical Management in K-12 Schools (2012)
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Hazard Analysis Methodologies
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Job Hazard Analysis, Revised, 2002 (PDF, 500 KB)
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• OSHA Hazard Recognition and Solutions
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

• SIRI MSDS Index
  Vermont SIRI (Safety Information Resources, Inc.)
• Household Products Database
  The Household Products Databases has information about Health Effects, Handling/Disposal, and Ingredients taken from a product label and/or the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) prepared by the manufacturer. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

• 6 CFR Part 27 Appendix to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; Final Rule, 2007 (PDF, 4.4 MB)
  Department of Homeland Security
• A Guide to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Appendix A TO §1910.1200—Health Hazard Criteria (Mandatory)
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
  Department of Homeland Security
• Chemical Reactivity Hazards - Standards
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Good Laboratory Practices Standards, 2012
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Harmonized Terminology Database
  Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
• National Research Council Recommendations Concerning Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories (Non-Mandatory)
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• NFPA 45: Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals – Fee
  National Fire Protection Association
• Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• OSHA Standards
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• State Occupational Safety and Health Plans
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

• Biological waste handling
  Princeton University
• Chemical Waste Disposal
  Stanford University
• Waste Management in Chemical Laboratories. 2012
  Royal Society of Chemistry

Videos

• Experimenting with Danger, 2011
  CSB Case Study on Texas Tech University Accident; Laboratory Deaths at UCLA and Dartmouth
  U.S. Chemical Safety Board
• Safety Video Library - Variety of safety videos on lab safety and other safety topics
  Environment, Health & Safety, University of California, Los Angeles

Listservs

• Labsafety-L listserv
  The Lab Safety Institute

• Biosafety Links
  American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
• Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association
• Clinical and Laboratory Safety Institute
• Division of Chemical Health & Safety
  American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Lab Safety Workspace
  New Hampshire IDeA Network of Biological Research Excellence (NH-INBRE), Dartmouth College Environmental Health & Safety and BioRAFT
• Laboratory Health and Safety Committee American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• Laboratory Safety Institute
• Sigma-Aldritch Safety Center
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Laboratory Safety

PubMed - Biomedical journal literature

• Laboratory Safety

TOXLINE - Special journal literature, technical reports and archival collections

• Laboratory Safety

Haz-Map - Information on hazardous chemicals and occupational diseases

• Handle infected laboratory rats or mice
• Handle laboratory animals
• Laboratory Solvents
  
• Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians
• Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists
• Work in a medical or research laboratory handling the pathogen

NLM Catalog - Access to information about books and other materials in NLM's catalog

• Laboratory Safety