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<span style="color:black">Our next “<i>12<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>Months<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>Research<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>Safety</i>” topic for
April 2021 is on Laboratory Hazard Assessment Tool (LHAT). Please see the attached to learn more about why conducting and maintaining a laboratory hazard assessment is important and to understand your responsibilities to review and certify/acknowledge your
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span class="xapple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">As part of this update, LHAT certifications will now be required every other year instead of every year.
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<span style="color:black">Should you have any questions, would like to be added/removed from the listserve, please do not hesitate to contact us at<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ehslaboratory@ucr.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">ehslaboratory@ucr.edu</span></a><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>or
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