LABORATORY AUDIT CHECKLIST

LABORATORY AUDIT CHECKLIST

Building & Room Number:_______________	Date of Audit:______________________
Department:___________________________
Auditors(s):________________________
Lab Supervisor:________________________

1. Safety Equipment	Working	Accessible	Last checked
a. fume hoods	_________________	_________________	_________________
b. biological hoods	_________________	_________________	_________________
c. eye washes	_________________	_________________	_________________
d. showers	_________________	_________________	_________________
e. fire extinguisher(s)	A B C D	_________________	_________________

2. House-keeping	Y	N
a. food, beverages and appliances absent from the laboratory?	_____	_____
b. food absent from chemical refrigerators and vice versa?	_____	_____
c. bench tops clean and unobstructed?	_____	_____
d. emergency numbers posted by telephone?	_____	_____
e. laboratory doors closed?	_____	_____
f. floors, aisles and exits unobstructed?	_____	_____
g outside hallways uncluttered?	_____	_____

3. Chemical Storage	Y	N
a. all containers appropriately labeled?	_____	_____
b. no flammables in unapproved refrigerators?	_____	_____
c. liquid chemicals equipped with secondary containment?	_____	_____
d. flammable liquids within allowable quantities?	_____	_____
e. chemicals stored appropriately (incompatibles separated)?	_____	_____
f. gas cylinders secured and stored appropriately?	_____	_____
g. empty and full cylinders separated?	_____	_____

4. Waste Management	Y	N
a. chemical wastes tightly capped?	_____	_____
b. incompatible chemicals separated?	_____	_____
c. liquid chemicals equipped with secondary containment?	_____	_____
d. chemical wastes labeled appropriately?	_____	_____
e. weekly chemical waste inspections documented (where required)?	_____	_____
f. sharps disposed in proper containers?	_____	_____
g. special bags used for autoclaving waste?	_____	_____
h. red waste bags used for infectious waste?	_____	_____

4. Waste Management (cont.)	Y	N
i. broken glass disposed in labeled container?	_____	_____
j. radioactive materials disposed in approved containers?	_____	_____

5. Mechanical Equipment	Y	N
a. guards in place (fans, centrifuges, drive belts)?	_____	_____
b. belts/pulleys in good condition?	_____	_____

6. Electrical Equipment	Y	N
a. grounded?	_____	_____
b. fitted with overload protection device?	_____	_____
c. outlets located outside of hoods?	_____	_____
d. motors intrinsically safe (where appropriate)?	_____	_____
e. cords in good condition?	_____	_____
f. current carrying parts not exposed?	_____	_____
g. GFIs on outlets within 6 feet of a sink?	_____	_____

7. Paper Work	Y	N
a. training records available?	_____	_____
b. training records current?	_____	_____
c. training records complete (for all employees)?	_____	_____
d. Incident Report forms available (for work-related illnesses and injuries)?	_____	_____
e. MSDSs accessible?	_____	_____
f. Chemical Hygiene Plan accessible?	_____	_____
g. written laboratory-specific SOPs available?	_____	_____
h. staff knows the laboratory safety officer?	_____	_____
i. Hazardous Chemical Waste Management Guidebook accessible?	_____	_____
j. Radiation Protection Manual accessible?	_____	_____

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