Laboratories and workshops safety resources

External resources

Australian Standards

• AS 2243 series of Australian Standards - Safety in laboratories
• AS 2567 Cytotoxic drug safety cabinets
• AS 1940 The storage and handling of flammable and combustible materials
• AS 2982-1997 Laboratory construction
• AS 3780 - The storage and handling of corrosive substances
• AS 2161 series of Australian Standards - Occupational protective gloves
• AS 1940 Storage and handling of flammable and combustible goods
• AS 2252 series of Australian Standards - Biological safety cabinets
• AS 2647 Biological Safety Cabinets - Installation and use
• AS 2243.8 Safety in laboratories - Fume cupboards
• AS 2243.1 Safety in laboratories - Part 1: General for more detailed information.

CCH Australia

• Laboratory Safety Manual
  ISBN 1 86264 439 X
  CCH Australia Ltd.

State government legislation

• Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2002 (opens an external site)

WorkCover Authority of NSW

• Control of workplace hazardous substances: Code of practice (opens an external site)

Department of Health and Ageing (Australian Government)

• Therapeutic Goods Administration

  Standard for the uniform scheduling of drugs and poisons (SUSDP) (opens an external site)

National Health and Medical Research Council

• Guidelines for laboratory personnel working with carcinogenic or highly toxic chemicals
  1990
  ISBN 0644127775
• Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (opens an external site)
  7^th Ed. 2004.

Safe Work Australia (Australian Government)

• National Standard for Plant (PDF, 260 kB) (opens an external site)
  NOHSC:1010 (1994)
• National Code of Practice for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances, 142 kB) (opens an external site)
  NOHSC:2007 (1994)