The purpose of this chemical substance safety guide is to provide information on the safety of chemical materials to all researchers, create the best laboratory environment that protects researchers from harmful chemicals,
and recommend and take procedures for its creation.

• - Formulate and document the policies of experimenters' health, safety, and environments.
• - Allocate budget for safety.
• - Develop and use programs on health, safety, and environment for freshmen.
• - Organize and operate a committee to ensure that all members are always concerned about their own and other people's health, safety, and environment.
• - Let all members join some safety programs and give them a certain level of responsibilities.
• - All members should fully understand the policies and manuals of health and safety. They should put their signature in a written oath to confirm that they understand and comply with the policies and manuals.
• - Perform regular and random safety inspections in laboratories to prevent and correct dangerous or unsafe situations.
• - Discuss all accidents and take actions. Take care that they not recur.
• - Operate a safety related library. (The library should purchase and provide related books and videos so that people can easily access them.)
• - Always keep in mind that safety is the most important and essential part of the research activities and lives of researchers.
• - Thoroughly discuss safety problems of experimental procedures and tools before an experiment.
• - When an experiment with a potential or practical risk is conducted, consider the following situations:
  • What is the risk factor?
  • What is the worst situation if something goes wrong?
  • How can I handle the situation?
  • What protective equipment/systems/actions are needed to minimize exposure to hazardous substances?
• - Hazardous chemicals must be handled in a ventilation hood. A special work procedure for an individual experiment should be developed.
• - Do not conduct an experiment alone in a laboratory. (If you need to do an experiment alone, let your colleagues know about your experiment and your phone number.)
• - Do not leave an experiment being conducted in a laboratory. (Always pay attention to an experiment being done in a laboratory.)
• - Do not smoke and eat food in laboratories.
• - Formulate plans and go through drills to cope with the emergencies, for example, fire, explosion, drug addiction, chemical leakage, gas release, short circuit/electric shock, bleeding, and personal infection.
• - Inspect (or test) fire extinguishers, emergency showers, cleaning vessels for eyes, medicine for emergency, fire blankets, and hoods on a monthly basis.
• - Have an emergency network that includes a fire station, the campus police, and an ambulance for emergency.
• - Provide the equipment and the user guide for emergency measures.
• - Make the list of furnished chemicals in detail to prevent unnecessary purchase of chemicals.
• - Display warnings for specific risk factors.
• - Maintain and manage laboratories by cleaning and arranging them.
• - Place eye shields in laboratories in case of emergencies.
• - Provide proper personal protective equipment to experimenters, and they should wear them. For example, they must use the safety devices, goggles, gloves, protective coats, and face protectors.
• - Develop programs to store/dispose chemicals.
• - All chemicals should have a label indicating its name, property, risk, cautions, and handling on their containers.
• - Place the minimum amount of volatile liquid in a laboratory.
• - Acid and base chemicals should be kept separately. In addition, flammable liquids and oxidizers should be separately stored.
• - Chemicals should be stored in their proper places and which should be secured. They should be stored in a safe and well-ventilated place.
• - Flammable chemicals should be stored in a heat dissipation cabinet.
• - Always be careful when using electrical equipment.