A critical component of building a robust safety culture in any organization is the involvement of senior leadership in the cultivation of laboratory safety at the bench level.  This presentation will review the strategy, design and implementation of our senior SPYDR (Safety as Part of Your Daily Routine) lab visitor program which engages senior management to foster and reinforce a robust safety culture at Bristol-Myers Squibb. This program has all of the senior leaders in Chemical and Synthetic Development organization engaged in safety focused discussions. These meetings are not laboratory inspections per se, but are conversations designed to meet with the laboratory scientists in their working environment, to seek out their safety concerns and to engage the scientists in personal discussions.  The visits are scheduled twice a year, with each senior leader visiting 2-4 laboratories per year.  The participation rate is very high and feedback from the staff is consistently positive.  The Safety Culture Team reviews the survey results and takes action on the concerns. The talk will review both the implementation of as well as significant accomplishments from this initiative that have resolved many specific safety concerns, facilitated access to safety resources, and dramatically improved the safety culture of our organization.<br/>

Engaging senior management to improve the safety culture of a chemical development organization thru the SPYDR (safety as part of your daily routine) lab visit program

2019 Fall National Meeting

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