Facilities, Compliance & Environmental Health Safety

B+labs provides Best-in-Class comprehensive laboratory support services that meet or exceed expected industry design and operational standards while ensuring a healthful, safe and compliant work environment.

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Facilities

This Facilities Services Policy describes the types of support services offered and equipment maintenance responsibilities and expectations.

Facilities Services Policy

Regulatory Compliance

All tenants shall operate in a manner that is compliant with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and policies. It is the responsibility of the tenant to ensure all employees are trained appropriately and requisite personal protective is available and used.

B+labs maintains all applicable Environmental Health & Safety Polices. They may be used as a benchmark/template for Residents to incorporate into your programs.

If Resident companies wish to utilize B+labs policies presented on this page as their own:

The Fundamentals of Lab Safety Course must be completed.
All policies and procedures must be reviewed including B+labs EHS Manual, Emergency Protocols and Waste Management. When reviewed, the affirmation statement on the bottom of the page must be read and acknowledged by hitting submit.
It is the responsibility of resident companies to ensure all employees are offered and receive applicable vaccinations in accordance with the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard.
If handling human source materials, training must occur annually.
All employee training and vaccination records must be maintained by the resident company.

B+labs reserves the right to audit tenant laboratory spaces and respective EHS regulatory documentation. Items addressed, if applicable will include:

Biological safety/OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
Chemical Hygiene
Hazardous/Infectious Waste Management
Emergency Action Plans
Compressed Gas Safety
Hazard Communication
Laser Safety
Radiation Safety
Hazardous Materials Shipping
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
General Physical Hazards
Other Recognized Hazards
Training Documentation

N.B. aside from inspections, if there are apparent issues that may be an immediate threat to life and health, and/or compliance matters that merit urgent attention, tenants shall address them in a satisfactory and timely manner.

Upon request, Tenants shall provide chemical inventory information to B+labs to satisfy regulatory compliance requirements.

EHS

B+labs Environmental Health & Safety Program includes access to highly experienced EHS professionals and support for tenants to develop company-specific programs that will ensure all employees are operating in a safe, healthful and compliant work environment.

Topics Include:

Required Plans & Training
Permitting Assistance
Regulatory Compliance

B+labs EHS Manual

Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety

Completion of this module is mandatory to receive credit for completion of B+labs EHS training.

Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety

You must create an individual OneLab Reach Account. There is no cost for this.

When completed, download the training certificate and forward it to bob.rovinsky@blabscira.com.

When you have reviewed all B+labs EHS information on this page and completed the training module, click the acknowledgment on the bottom of this page.