Laboratory Safety: The OSHA Formaldehyde Standard

This Video On Demand course teaches employees about the OSHA Formaldehyde Standard. Formaldehyde is such a common and toxic lab chemical that OSHA created standards specific to it. This video educates users about the short and long term health risks of formaldehyde exposure and how to limit the risks involved when working with formaldehyde.

This online video training demonstrates the required personal protective gear, the proper way to clean up a spill, and how to do first aid in case of accidental personal contact with formaldehyde. This video explains the proper labeling and training required by OSHA.

Employees who know the proper safety procedures for working with formaldehyde reduce their risk of the serious health effects that can result from exposure. Use this Video On Demand training to prepare your laboratory workers to safely utilize formaldehyde.

This course has been updated to include GHS container labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for GHS compliance.

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Anyone who works in a laboratory

• Introduction
• Formaldehyde & Your Health
• Monitoring For Formaldehyde
• Formaldehyde Labeling
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Cleaning Up Formaldehyde Spills
• First Aid
• Review

• Laboratory Safety: GHS Safety Data Sheets in Laboratories
• Laboratory Safety: Orientation to Laboratory Safety
• Laboratory Safety: Flammables and Explosives in the Laboratory