THE ENVIROMENTAL Health and Safety Office
(EHSO) performs a variety of functions important to Academic Professionals.
EHSO MONITORS campus facilities for
compliance with safety standards and laws related to radiation, chemicals,
laser use, hazardous materials, fire codes and safety, air quality, the
hospital, sanitation, blood borne pathogens, biological safety, occupational
safety, laboratory safety, laser safety, general safety, and chemical disposal.
IT PROVIDES training, consultation,
inspections, and education. The office offers safety training and an annual
refresher course for those working with radioactive materials, and provides
guides for new laboratory researchers, laboratory moves, office safety, and
many other topics.
EHSO ALSO runs an ambulance service
and provides standby medical service at campus events, employing students who
are State-licensed emergency medical technicians. “We train over 160 medical
technicians a year,” said Richard D.
Anderson, Director of EHSO.
FOR MORE information, call (312)
996-7429; in an emergency, call (312) 996-7233; for the ambulance, call UIC
Police at 5-5555; log on to www.uic.edu/depts/envh;
or email health-safety@uic.edu.
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