Environmental Health & Safety Manual (EHS)

EHS Manual Revision NoticeD

Definitions

Revised to correct definitions for “Automated External Defibrillator,” “Cardiac Arrest,” and “Other Potentially Infectious Materials,” and to add definitions for “Academic Unit,” “Access Control,” “Conductor,” “Exposed,” “Hazardous Chemical,” “Incident,” “Laboratory,” “Organized Educational Program,” “Potentially Hazardous Sources of Energy,” “Principal Investigator,” “Qualified Person,” “Responsible Party,” “Unit Head,” and “Utility Tunnel” as these terms relate to specific policies

Management Policy

Revised to state that EH&S reports to the executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer (CFO)

Laboratory Use of Hazardous Chemicals

Revised to restate the Purpose; to clarify compliance criteria with the ASU Chemical Hygiene Plan and for laboratory registrations and inventories; to restate responsibilities and applicable procedures for respective areas; and to provide applicable definitions

Shipping and Receiving Hazardous Materials

Revised to remove some procedures and to clearly establish criteria that departments and employees must follow to ship and/or receive hazardous materials