ACS has undertaken an effort to respond to the call from the National Academies of Science and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities for professional societies to take the lead in improving laboratory safety, particularly in academic chemistry laboratories, by encouraging a culture of safety.  Safety culture refers to an organization’s shared values, assumptions, and beliefs specific to workplace safety or, more simply, the importance of safety within the organization relative to other priorities. Consequently, ACS has made safety one of its core values.  A strong, positive safety culture arises not because of a set of rules, but because of a commitment to safety throughout an organization. Such a culture supports the free exchange of safety information, emphasizes learning and improvement, and assigns greater importance to identifying and solving problems rather than placing blame. High importance is assigned to safety all the time, not just when it is convenient or does not threaten personal or institutional productivity goals.  This presentation will share the steps that ACS has taken over the past few years to address this call and solicit your input on how we can help change the culture of safety in academic laboratories.

Creating a culture of safety in academic laboratories

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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