<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello UCR Researchers,</div><div><br></div><div>Our 12 Months of Research Safety topic this month is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). It covers the basics of PPE, including minimum requirements working in a lab, as well as information about changes to our PPE Spot Check program. Our overall PPE compliance between October and December 2025 was 46%, so as a campus we can use a refresher on best practices to improve safety for 2026. Let us know if you have any ideas for how we can work together to improve PPE usage across campus.</div><div><br></div><div>
<font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Previous <span><span><span><span><span class="gmail-il">12 Months</span></span></span></span></span> of <span>Research</span> Safety flyers are available on our
website at <a href="https://ehs.ucr.edu/laboratory/12monthsofresearchsafety" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://<span>ehs</span>.ucr.edu/laboratory/12monthsofresearchsafety</a>. Subscription to this listserv is based on membership in an active LHAT
and is updated monthly. As always please contact <a href="mailto:ehslaboratory@ucr.edu" target="_blank">ehslaboratory@ucr.edu</a> if you have any questions.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Patrick</div><div></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#003da5">Patrick Monnig</span></b><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#847248"><br>
</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Chemical
Hygiene Officer/Lab Safety Program Manager </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#003da5;letter-spacing:2.0pt">UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#847248;letter-spacing:1.2pt"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#a6a6a6">Environmental Health
& Safety</span></p>
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#a6a6a6">900 University Avenue |
Riverside, CA 92521<br>
(951) 827-4254 | </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#003da5"><a href="mailto:patrick.monnig@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003da5">patrick.monnig@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#a6a6a6"> <br></span></div></div></div></div>