Lab MANAGER SAFETY DIGITAL SUMMIT SCHEDULE
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
The Latest in Laboratory Waste Management
The EPA’s Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements were to be adopted in every state by 2019. Learn what changes have been put in place and how they affect your waste processes in the lab. This session will help you understand the complicated processes needed to manage your lab’s overall waste management processes.
Presenter: Dan Scungio
Dan The Lab Safety Man, Inc.
11:00 am-12:00 pm EST
Responding to Employee Mental Health Issues
You likely see yourself as a scientist, not a mental health expert. You expected to manage challenges related to safety, but did anyone suggest that this included psychological safety? Not likely. And yet the reality for many managers and leaders is that you are faced with a broad range of human emotions that impact your ability to meet your goals and objectives. This session is here to help make your job easier without asking you to become a therapist. You don’t have to be touchy feely to be a psychologically safe leader. A link to helpful resources will also be provided at this session.
Presenter: Mary Ann Baynton, MSW, RSW
Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
12:30 -1:30 pm EST
Making Safety the #1 Priority: How to Convince Others
Participants learn how to convince others by creating a more effective lab safety program (without a purchase order or requisition). Don’t miss this unique opportunity for a highly informative, worthwhile, and enjoyable learning experience, as you learn how to assess your lab safety program to see how you’re doing and how you can do it even better. Participants will receive the Laboratory Safety Institute’s (LSI) lab safety program review checklist, used to evaluate your program both qualitatively and quantitatively. The result is a simple, clear, low/no cost path for lab safety program development and improvement. And, with courage, you can score your program on a scale of zero to 100!
Presenter: James A. Kaufman, PhD
The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI)
2:00-3:00 pm EST
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Onboarding Your Way to Great EHS Performance
There’s a magical window of time when people who are new to lab roles take on the lab’s established practices. This is the opportunity to embed important EHS behaviors into the habits of new people. Lab managers can ask the following questions to improve the onboarding process: Where are the opportunities to optimize EHS performance? How can lab managers and other leaders use the onboarding process to bring out the best in everyone? Which onboarding activities are most effective? Through storytelling and guided prompts, webinar participants will gain deeper insights to the treasures of robust onboarding, and its value in achieving great EHS performance.
Presenter: Kathryn J. Nobrega
Stanford University
11:00 am-12:00 pm EST
Developing an Online Safety Training Program for Researchers
Laboratory safety training is required both to keep researchers safe in the lab, and to be compliant with government agency rules and regulations. The Safety Training Consortium (STC) is a member-driven organization founded by research universities and operates under the auspices of the University of California Center for Laboratory Safety. The purpose of the STC is to develop safety training for the research community. The STC develops web-based, multimedia introductory and specialty eLearning safety courses, and shares safety training materials amongst its members. This presentation will be valuable to anyone responsible for lab safety, developing safety training tools, or introducing new lab staff to the value of a safety program.
Presenter: Imke Schroeder, PhD
UC Center for Laboratory Safety
12:30-1:30 pm EST
Moving Beyond Compliance: Using a Recognize, Assess, Manage/Minimize, and Prepare (RAMP) Framework
The traditional approach to laboratory safety focuses almost solely on fundamentals like following the rules and policies, wearing protective equipment, and knowing who to contact in an emergency. While these are all vital components to lab safety, they do not engage the critical thinking and active decision making necessary in a complex and dynamic research environment. The traditional approach only allows lab scientists to respond to generic safety concerns. Lab scientists also need to be encouraged to use more of their knowledge, expertise, and experience to critically assess potential safety issues, and to have the confidence to respond appropriately to new safety incidents. The principles of risk assessment and control described by the RAMP framework are core safety concepts that all lab personnel should learn and utilize in their daily work. This presentation will introduce the elements of RAMP, offer examples of RAMP in action, and provide resources for ongoing education and support for risk management.
Presenters: Kimi Brown, NRCC-CHO, CSP, ARM and Gwenn Allen, NRCC-CHO
University of Pennsylvania
2:00-3:00 pm EST