What to expect when you’re inspecting: A summary of academic laboratory inspection programs

As a result of incidents in academic laboratories, there has been review of laboratory safety in academia, leading to an assessment of the laboratory safety programs currently in place. In 2013 Iowa State University Environmental Health and Safety (ISU EHS) conducted an online survey to benchmark the laboratory safety inspection programs of 42 universities and colleges across the nation. Results have provided a useful baseline of the current laboratory safety programs in a subset of public and private universities across the United States, and showed areas within individual programs that can be improved upon.