This document contains information presented under the following headings:

1. Overview of Safety Procedures for the Chemistry Department
   1. Emergency Procedures
      1. Medical Emergencies and First Aid
      2. Fire
   2. Practicing Laboratory Safety
      1. Preparation
      2. Good Practices in the Laboratory
      3. Handling Spills of Chemicals
      4. Waste Chemical Disposal
      5. Disposing of Needles & Syringes

2. Sources of Information
   

3. Safety Information
   1. Compressed Gases
   2. Flammables
   3. Toxic's
   4. Corrosive

4. Accessing Material Safety Data Sheets on the Web
   1. Main MSDS Sites
   2. MSDS for WHMIS D3 (Biohazardous Infectious) Materials
   3. General MSDS Web Sites
   4. Companies with On-line Product MSDS's

5. Form for posting

This site was last updated on March 23, 2005. If you have any problems or comments regarding this page please e-mail then to: irc@chem.ualberta.ca. This site was created by Steve Dempster, Instructional Resource Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta. Copyright 2004-5.