NUS SAFETY & HEALTH MANAGEMENT –
IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, SOPS AND SCHEMES

Safety & Health Policies

The FoS Safety Policy can be found at here.

Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines

OSHE has also developed University wide safety and health procedures that staff, students and contractors are to comply with. The effective date for the SOP is 1 Dec 2004. These SOPs can be downloaded from at http://www.nus.edu.sg/osh/prog_Guidelines.htm.

Risk Assessment SOP

A risk assessment would be required for all new lab-based research or teaching projects. For non-lab based projects, a declaration by the PI to be submitted to ORE, through the HOD is required.

• Declaration form (https://aserv.nus.edu.sg/osh/nus_manuals/sop/OSHE-F-RA-03.pdf)

Only the risk assessments of approved or shortlisted projects need to be submitted for review by the Institution Biosafety Committee or the Institution Lab Safety Committee through OSHE. OLS or ORE will be inform you when you are to submit the risk assessment forms. PIs are however strongly encouraged to conduct the risk assessment at the project design stage so that appropriate budget can be set aside to implement the control measures for safety, health and waste disposal.

• Risk Assessment SOP (https://aserv.nus.edu.sg/osh/nus_manuals/sop/SOP_U05_Risk_Assessment.pdf)
• Risk Assessment Forms (https://aserv.nus.edu.sg/osh/nus_manuals/sop/OSHE-F-RA-01.pdf)

The effective date for the risk assessment SOP is 1 Dec 2004.

Accident and Incident Reporting

All accidents and incidents are to be reported to OSHE via the online reporting system. (https://aserv.nus.edu.sg/osh/airs/). OSHE will then disseminate the information to the respective Faculty Safety Officers / Committee.

Laboratory Door Signage

The signage (https://aserv.nus.edu.sg/osh/doorsign/) should be posted outside the lab.

Self-Help Starters’ Checklist

To assist laboratory based departments in implementing these SOPs, we also have prepared a Self-Help Starters' Checklist. The checklist is a simple guide that helps you make your lab a safer place. It can be downloaded at http://www.nus.edu.sg/osh/prog_cat.htm.