ReviewNature chemistry2020
A review and critique of academic lab safety research.
Review in Nature chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Hierarchically heterogeneous interface structuring strategy for microenvironment-regulating and self-decontaminating biodegradable meta-membranes.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Enantioselective Carbonyl Crotylation of Alcohol Proelectrophiles via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Autotransfer: Innovation Inspired by Polyketide Total Synthesis.ACS catalysis · 2026Article
- Enhancing chemical safety information for the future.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2026Review
- A Visual Dataset for Anomaly Detection in Self-Driving Laboratories.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Steering towards safe self-driving laboratories.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2025Review
- Controlled anionic polymerization mediated by carbon dioxide.Nature chemistry · 2025Article
- Investigation of Occupational Health and Safety Levels in Genetic Disease Centers in Istanbul.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025Article
- Substance-in-Use Data Sheets for Undergraduate Synthesis Experiments.Journal of chemical education · 2025Article
- Biosafety Level 2 Training Programs at Institutions of Higher Learning in the United States.Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association · 2025Article
- Laboratory quality management system fundamentals.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Safety Practices and Perceptions Among Laboratory Employees at a Tertiary Care Hospital.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Infections in laboratories and the potential of nudge interventions.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Insights from a laboratory fire.Nature chemistry · 2023Article
- Acid and alkali-resistant fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered intelligent monitoring of protective clothing in highly corrosive environments.RSC advances · 2023Article
- A Correlation Analysis between Undergraduate Students' Safety Behaviors in the Laboratory and Their Learning Efficiencies.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sources, diffusion and prediction in COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned to face next health emergency.AIMS public health · 2023Review
- Prevalence of Accident Occurrence Among Scientific Laboratory Workers of the Public University in Lebanon and the Impact of Safety Measures.Safety and health at work · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Over the past ten years, there have been several high-profile accidents in academic laboratories around the world, resulting in significant injuries and fatalities. The aftermath of these incidents is often characterized by calls for reflection and re-examination of the academic discipline's approach to safety research and policy. However, the study of academic lab safety is still underdeveloped and necessary data about changes in safety attitudes and behaviours has not been gathered. This Review article critically examines the state of academic chemical safety research from a multifactorial stance, including research on the occurrence of lab accidents, contributors to lab accidents, the state of safety training research and the cultural barriers to conducting safety research and implementing safer lab practices. The Review concludes by delineating research questions that must be addressed to minimize future serious academic laboratory incidents as well as stressing the need for committed leadership from our research institutions.
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