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Module GLP-25 · Version 1.0

Hazard Communication, SDS Use, Formaldehyde, and Waste

Read a GHS label and locate the right SDS section fast, tell acute from chronic and physical hazards apart, segregate incompatible chemicals correctly, and decide when a formaldehyde or chemical spill is incidental cleanup versus an emergency response requiring evacuation.

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Who this module is for

Laboratory technologists, histology and clinical laboratory staff, and trainees who handle labeled hazardous chemicals, including formalin, on the bench.

Learning objectives

  • Read GHS label elements and locate critical SDS sections
  • Distinguish acute/chronic health, physical, environmental, and incompatibility hazards
  • Select storage, ventilation, PPE, spill, exposure, and disposal controls, including formaldehyde-specific requirements

How completion works

Mark every required section done and answer every knowledge check in those sections correctly. The final save completes the module automatically.

Sources

14 sources

  1. 1. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1200, "Hazard Communication," including the 2024 final rule (89 FR 44144, eff. July 19, 2024) and January 15, 2026 compliance-date extension.

    Source note · federal regulation

  2. 2. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C, "Allocation of Label Elements (Mandatory)."

    Source note · federal regulation

  3. 3. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix D, "Safety Data Sheets (Mandatory)."

    Source note · federal regulation

  4. 4. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1048, "Formaldehyde."

    Source note · federal regulation

  5. 5. OSHA, Standard Interpretation, "Applicability of OSHA standards to formaldehyde exposures in laboratories," March 23, 2017.

    Source note · federal regulation

  6. 6. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1450, "Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories."

    Source note · federal regulation

  7. 7. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1450 Appendix A, "National Research Council Recommendations Concerning Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories (Non-Mandatory)."

    Source note · federal regulation

  8. 8. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.120, "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response," and OSHA guidance "The Application of HAZWOPER to Worksite Response and Cleanup Activities."

    Source note · federal regulation

  9. 9. OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1030, "Bloodborne Pathogens."

    Source note · federal regulation

  10. 10. US EPA, "Medical Waste," RCRA program overview.

    Source note · federal regulation

  11. 11. US EPA, 40 CFR Part 266 Subpart P, and "Management of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals."

    Source note · federal regulation

  12. 12. US EPA, 40 CFR 262.15, "Satellite accumulation area."

    Source note · federal regulation

  13. 13. College of American Pathologists. Laboratory General Checklist, GEN.76000 Chemical Hygiene Plan (Phase II). CAP Accreditation Program, 12.09.2025 edition.

    Source note · accreditation standard

  14. 14. College of American Pathologists. Laboratory General Checklist, GEN.76200 Chemical Precautionary Labels (Phase II). CAP Accreditation Program, 12.09.2025 edition.

    Source note · accreditation standard