Join EHS Chemical Safety and Biological Safety for Laboratory Safety Week Feb. 9 through Feb. 13. This is an annual event dedicated to recognizing the successes of laboratory health and safety programs while providing valuable resources to keep our faculty, staff and students safe.

All week long, EHS will be hosting a series of fun, interactive trainings and workshops. Sign up for workshops that interest you and learn something new!

Making Safety a Habit: Laboratory Safety Supervisor Workshop

This interactive workshop will help you learn all about safety supervisor roles and requirements including how to make safety a habit and bringing some fun safety activities back to the lab for a better safety culture.

Sharps Safety Workshop

If you work with needles, razor blades, or any sharps, this will be the workshop for you! Partnered with Fisher Scientific. Donuts and coffee will be available.

Animal Handling and Occupational Safety

This great workshop will cover animal handling presented by Sherie Quillen, Training Specialist from the Division of Comparative Medicine and the University Employee Occupational Health Clinic.

Mental Wellness in the Lab presented by SWELL and a Chemical Compatibility Workshop

Learn about psychological safety and the importance of wellness and then join us for an interactive session about chemical compatibility from the Chemical Safety Team.

In addition, we’ll be holding a daily prize giveaway! Starting Feb. 10, visit go.unc.edu/labsafetyweek26 each day for a safety question. Submit your answer for a chance to win. The correct (or closest) answer will win the prize pin* of the day!

*Prize pins are from dOrbital Games