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Personal Protective Equipment
  Are volunteers considered to be employees?
  Can I be held liable for an employee's injury if I am the designated PPE Coordinator?
  Can I complete the Hazard Assessment Form electronically?
  Is funding available to help pay for the costs of equipment supplied by my department?
  Is there a time frame to return the Hazard Assessment Form(s), issue PPE, and train employees?
  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Awareness Training Information
  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Coordinator Training Information
  Use of dust masks
  What about safety requirements for employee-owned equipment and tools?
  What does OSHA require?
  When assessing the work area for laser hazards, do you include all lasers?
  Where can I get information on electrical personal protective equipment?
  Who may I call if I want to find out more about the Program and its requirements?
Pollution Prevention
  How do I get chemicals moved to different locations?
  How do I get my chemical waste picked up?
  How should fluorescent tubes and light ballasts be disposed?
  May I pour chemicals down the drain?
  What should I do with my unwanted chemicals?
  When does my chemical waste get picked up?
Powered Industrial Trucks
  Am I allowed to raise people on the forklift's forks to do such tasks as changing a light bulb?
  Are manual dollies considered to be forklifts or powered industrial trucks?
  Is there an age restriction for operating a forklift?
  Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) Training Information
  What if my forklift does not have a seatbelt?
  What job duties have age restrictions?
  Why do I have to wear the seatbelt?
Radiation Safety
  Contamination surveys
  Determining activity for radioactive waste
  How do I change batteries in a GM survey meter?
  How do I get a fume hood certified?
  How do I purchase or dispose of x-ray equipment?
  Preparing for Media Coverage
  Radiation Safety Training Information
  Survey Meter Details
  Survey Meter Response
  What are the precautions needed when traveling with a radiation dosimeter?
  What is in a spill clean-up kit and how do I get one?
  What is the food and drink policy for research labs?
  What refresher trainings are required for working with radioactive materials?
  X-ray Safety Training Information
Radioactive Material Safety
  Additional RAM training information
  Can I work with radioactive material without obtaining an authorization?
  Contamination surveys
  Determining activity for radioactive waste
  How do I change batteries in a GM survey meter?
  How do I close out a radioactive material use space?
  How do I handle laboratory waste?
  How do I obtain an authorization for radioisotope work?
  Information on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
  Nuclear Medicine Principal Users VTH
  Radiation Safety Training Information
  Survey Meter Details
  Survey Meter Response
  What are the precautions needed when traveling with a radiation dosimeter?
  What is in a spill clean-up kit and how do I get one?
  What is the Chemical Registration System?
Regulated Medical Waste
  Can I put liquids in regulated medical waste?
  How do I handle laboratory waste?
  How should I dispose of needles or other sharps?
  What do I do with waste from nanotechnology research?
  When is regulated medical waste picked up?
Respiratory Protection
  Can anyone use a respirator?
  Can I use any respirator?
  How do I go about purchasing a respirator?
  How do I know if the work I'm doing requires respiratory protection?
  Medical Services Testing
  Respiratory Protection Training Information
  Respiratory Questionnaire
  Use of dust masks
  What happens when I'm enrolled in the Respiratory Protection Program?
  What is the purpose of the Respiratory Protection Program?
  What type of training is offered?
  What types of respirators can be used in a confined space?
  Where can I find information to determine if a chemical/product is hazardous?
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