Employers should conduct a hazard assessment to identify the appropriate PPE mitigations based on a laboratory risk assessment. Additionally, employers must make PPE available to employees at no cost, train employees in using and caring for PPE, and create a PPE maintenance program (e.g., replacing worn or damaged PPE, routinely reassessing if PPE adequately matches hazards, etc.).
Each employee is responsible for adequately wearing, using, and disposing of PPE. Employees must also attend related and required PPE training sessions and notify the lab manager, supervisor, or safety officer of the need for new or additional PPE.
