The Required Elements of Your Chemical Hygiene Plan:
Section I: Lab Specific Chemical Hygiene Plan.
This section should include:
A. Front Matter (intro, PI name, lab locations, instructions and signature page)
B. SOP binder
-Chemical Based SOP; see SOP Instructions section below and in Front Matter.
-Process and physical hazard SOPs (recommended, not required).
-General lab rules and protocols.
Section II: Policies, Procedures and Resources
Section III: Regulatory Framework
SOP Instructions Specific to Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (exhibit 1 chemicals):
♦Instructions for generating exhibit 1 SOPs
♦List of Exhibit 1 Chemicals (requiring chemical specific SOPs):
List of 500 Chemicals identified in Exhibit 1 of the Settlement Agreement (Excel)
List of 500 CAS# only: Excel format for searching chemical inventories (does not include chemical families)
♦How to search your Excel chemical inventory spreadsheet against the exhibit 1 list:
Step-by-Step Instructions (Word)
Screen shots illustrating Step-by-Step Instructions (Powerpoint)
♦SOP Templates, exhibit 1:
UC SOP Template Library for Exhibit 1 Chemicals
♦Settlement Agreement-compliant SOP's for pyrophoric materials:
Procedures for Safe Use of Pyrophoric Solids (PDF)
Procedures for Safe Use of Pyrophoric Liquid Reagents (PDF)
SOP Instructions for Non-Exhibit 1 Chemicals
♦Compare your chemical stocks and lab processes against the UCSB Sandard Operating Procedure Library to see which non-exhibit 1 SOPs you need:
UCSB Standard Operating Procedure Library
♦Then follow instructions located on page 4 of the Front Matter.