This guideline identifies general safety precautions that should be reviewed and followed when dealing with compressed-gas cylinders at Brandeis. The MSDS for specific gases should be reviewed to ...

Clinical personnel must become familiar with the properties and inherent hazards of the compressed gases used in patient care areas. Compressed gas cylinders contain varying pressures of inert, toxic, ...

Who should complete this course? Are you responsible for handling, using, or transporting compressed gas cylinders? If so, this training course is required. A copy of the completed training ...

Compressed gas cylinders of all shapes and sizes are used all over campus for everything from welding to research. Compressed gas cylinders pose two types of risks when used, stored, or handled. The ...

Compressed medical gases are gases and liquids in pressurized cylinders administered for different purposes. They can be used for anesthesia, patient respiration or powering surgical tools. Handling ...

Cryogenic liquids are materials with a boiling point of less than – 100 °F (-73 °C); common examples include liquid nitrogen, helium, and argon, and dry ice/alcohol slurries. Cryogenic liquids undergo ...

Compressed air is so commonly used in commercial, industrial, and institutional settings that it is often incorrectly assumed to be less potentially dangerous than it actually is. In fact, there are ...

There is a trend across the USA to mandate increasing amounts of energy to be derived from renewable resources. Electric utilities in California, for example, are required to have 33 percent of their ...

Research personnel must become familiar with the properties and inherent hazards of the compressed gases used in the laboratory. Compressed gas cylinders contain varying pressures of inert, toxic, ...