As the source of scientific and technological development, laboratories are the bases of scientific research and play a crucial role in the development of science and technology. Similarly, laboratory safety issues have always been of concern to all parties. It is said that although the explosion of Tsinghua University's laboratories in 2015 was nearly three years old, it is still scary to think about it.
On March 7, 2018, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education issued the "Guangdong Provincial Department of Education's Regulations on the Construction and Management of Laboratory Safety in Higher Education Institutions (Revised)", requiring universities and colleges to strengthen safety education and safety skills training for teachers and students, and enhance teachers and students. The employee's awareness of safety responsibilities and self-protection ability, establish correct safety values, and create a good atmosphere of safety culture.
Compared with scientific research institutes and enterprises, colleges and universities have become a high-risk area for laboratory safety accidents. The reason is due to the weak awareness of safety experiments. No matter colleges, research institutes or enterprises, the front-line researchers are mostly masters. The composition of professionals with doctoral degrees and other qualifications, as the main performer of various types of experiments, has no doubt about the professional qualities it possesses, but it is relatively insufficient for the management of the experiment and the safety responsibilities that should be assumed.
Take university laboratories as an example. Today, there are still college and university laboratories who still use senior graduate students as laboratory managers. For the school, on the one hand, human resources costs can be saved, and on the other hand, students can also be managed by students. The attitude into the laboratory to enhance the students' sense of ownership. However, the drawbacks of this behavior can not be ignored. For the management of the laboratory, students do not have much experience, are not familiar with the laboratory management practices. When they Familiar with it, distance from graduation is not far away, and a new batch of students must learn from it again, and it cannot always be regarded as a virtuous cycle.
In the field of safety work, there is the well-known 'Hain's law'. The law states that any serious accident is a sign. Behind each accident sign, there are about 300 signs of accidents and thousands of accidents. To eliminate a serious accident, we must be sensitive and timely to discover the signs and hidden dangers of these accidents and take decisive measures to control or eliminate them.
As the base of teaching and scientific research in universities, laboratories are the basic platform for cultivating innovative talents and are important places for teachers and researchers to engage in scientific research. The quality of laboratory construction and management directly affects the quality of teaching and the level of scientific research in universities. , Strengthening the management of the laboratory is especially important.
In the laboratory of metal materials engineering of Jiangsu University, the '7s' management model commonly used by the world's top 500 companies appeared in the laboratory of the university. equipment Well-organized and well-organized, gloves, laboratory data, waste collection sites, etc. are all clearly identified. Every student entering the laboratory can operate strictly in accordance with the relevant requirements of the standardization management. Every student under the management of '7S' learns More standardized and safer experimental operation, saving the use of consumables. Students trained in this management model enter the company practice and are highly praised by employers.
The teaching staff, library and laboratory construction are the three pillars of the university and they support the comprehensive strength of the university. In addition, as one of the three pillars of the university, the laboratory is the place where people, money and goods are most concentrated, and the safety of the laboratory is guaranteed. It is also a major event in front of the school.
When the construction of innovative countries is steadily advancing, when China’s scientific research investment is continuously increasing, how to further improve the safety of the laboratory, improve the safety accident prevention level of the laboratory, and enhance the safety development of the laboratory, not only the university laboratory The issues that need to be considered are also issues that various research institutes and enterprises have to pay attention to.
