Environmental Health & Safety - Cal Poly Skip to content Administration & Finance menu A&F Services my CalPoly login Search menu Environmental Health & Safety * EHS Home * Contacts * Forms * Programs * Facilities Management & Development * A&F Home * Environmental Health & Safety * Current: Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of written instructions that describes in detail how to perform a laboratory process or experiment safely and effectively. SOPs are a requirement of Cal Poly’s Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP). The scope of an SOP can cover: * The specific use of a chemical or class of chemicals (such as a specific laboratory procedure). * The generic use specific chemical or class of chemicals with similar hazards (for example, mineral acids). * A generic procedure (such as distillation) that covers several chemicals. Responsibility The PI/Lab Supervisor is responsible for providing written Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) relevant to health and safety for laboratory activities they direct involving hazardous agents. Prioritizing SOP Development Priority for SOP development should be given to any operation involving Restricted Chemicals, certain higher risk chemicals, such as select carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and chemicals with high acute toxicity and highly reactive chemicals , and specified higher risk research procedures described in the CHP. A Standard Operating Template is below. Departments may elect to use this form and fill in appropriate information in the gray shaded text areas to generate SOP's for their specific laboratory activities. Standard Operating Procedure Template: * Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Template DOC * Engineering-specific Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Template DOC General Use SOPs General use SOPs for some of the hazardous chemicals commonly used are available for you to incorporate into your own SOPs, as appropriate. General Use SOPs (under construction): * SOP for Liquid Nitrogen Use PDF * SOP for Disinfection: BSL-2 Human Body Fluids/OPIM DOC * SOP for Acrylamide Use DOC * SOP for Ethidium Bromide Use DOC * Contacts * Forms * EHS Programs * Report a Hazardous or Unsafe Condition * Hazardous Waste & Materials * Workers Compensation * Risk & Safety Solutions * Training * Facilities Management & Development * Campus Emergency Management * Weather Station Environmental Health & Safety 1 Grand Ave, Building 70 , San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 * Phone: 805-756-5555 * [email protected] Visit Instagram Visit Facebook Popular Links * Transportation & Parking Services * Inside Cal Poly * Event Scheduling * Campus Policy * Risk Management © California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo, California 93407 — Phone: 805-756-1111 * Privacy Notice * Web Accessibility Statement * Non-Discrimination