Laboratory Safety Manual

Laboratory Safety Manual

The information provided in the UC Davis Laboratory Safety Manual, which contains the campus Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP), has been compiled from a variety of sources. These include people and organizations within the University of California, as well as external sources. This lab manual should be read in conjunction with these references, which provide expanded coverage and more specific applications of health and safety concepts that are treated generally here. Many of the supporting sources are referenced electronically, and as such electronic interaction with this manual is preferred.

The CHP describes the foundational elements of chemical safety for research laboratory environments.  Please direct any questions you have on this material to researchsafety@ucdavis.edu

View the Complete Manual - v1.6.1, updated January 2023

For training purposes, any recent changes to the Laboratory Safety Manual are tracked in Appendix G.