COSHH Assesment Sheets
Certain substances in the workplace are controlled due to the hazard their represent for individuals. See below the list of substances hazardous to health:
Note that if a COSHH assessment highlight that Health Surveillance is required, users will need to fill in the HS1 form and submit it to their relevant lab manager.
COSHH Spreadsheet encompassing all substances hazardous to health
COSHH Assessment - blood, urine and human tissue
A
Acetone COSHH
Acetic Acid COSHH
Acetonitrile COSHH
Acetontirile with 0.1% formic acid COSHH
3’ amino 9’ ethylcarbazole (AEC) COSHH
Alcohols (MeOH and EtOH) COSHH
AlphaScreen Test Kits COSHH
Aluminum Sulfate Hydrate COSHH
Amberlite COSHH
Amines COSHH
Ammonia COSHH
Ammonium Bicarbonate COSHH
Ammonium Chloride COSHH
Ammonium Formate COSHH
Ammonium Peroxydisulfate COSHH
Ammonium Persulfate COSHH
Ammonium Persulfate COSHH
Ampicilllin COSHH
B
Baculovirus (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
BD Cell fix COSHH
Boric Acid COSHH
Bovine Serum (BSA) COSHH
Butanol COSHH
Bryostatin 1 COSHH
C
Calcium Chloride and Calcium chloride dihydrate COSHH
Candida orthopsilosis (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Carbenicillin COSHH
Cell Titer Glo COSHH
Chloramphenicol COSHH
Chloroform COSHH
Cholera toxin COSHH
Comassie Brilliant Blue COSHH
Copper (II) Sulfate COSHH
Count off COSHH
Cyanide COSHH
Cyanogen Bromide Solution COSHH
Cyclohexane COSHH
Cyclopropylmeythyl bromide COSHH
Cyclosporin A COSHH
D
DCM COSHH
Decon 90 COSHH
Digitonin COSHH
Diethyl Ether COSHH
Diethyly Pyrocarbonate COSHH
Distel COSHH
Dimethyl Apidimate COSHH
Dimethylformamide (DMF) COSHH
DL-Dithothreitol COSHH
DMSO COSHH
DTPB COSHH
E
EDTA COSHH
Ethidium Bromide COSHH
Ethyl Acetate COSHH
N-Ethyldiisopropylamine solution (DIPEA) COSHH
N-ethylmaleimide COSHH
F
Fluorescein Sodium Salt COSHH
Formaldehyde COSHH
Formic Acid COSHH
G
Geneticin (G418) COSHH
Gentamycin COSHH
Gemcitabine hydrochloride COSHH
Giemsa COSHH
L-Glutamine COSHH
Glutaraldehyde COSHH
Gold COSHH
Growth Media (DMEM and RPMI) COSHH
H
Haemophilus influenzae (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Helium gas COSHH
Helium Liquid COSHH
Heptane COSHH
Human Immunodepressive Virus (HIV) (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Human Blood COSHH - HS1 form must be sent to Biological Safety Officer before starting work
Hydrochloric Acid COSHH
Hydrogen Peroxide COSHH
Hygromycin B (H3274 Sigma) COSHH
Hygromycin B (10687010 Life Tech) COSHH
I
IGEPAL CA-360 COSHH
Imidazole COSHH
Isopropanol COSHH
J
K
Kanamycin COSHH
L
Latex gloves COSHH
N-Lauroylsarcosine Sodium Salt COSHH
Lead COSHH
Lipofectamine 3000 COSHH
LPS COSHH
M
Malonic Acid COSHH
May-Grünwald COSHH
2b Mercaptoethanol COSHH
Mercury COSHH
Mitomycin C COSHH
Mycozap COSHH
Moraxella catarrhalis (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
N
Nickel (II) Sulfate Hexadehydrate COSHH
NitroBlueTetrazolium COSHH
Nitrogen Liquid COSHH
Liquid Nitrogen NMR COSHH
O
Olsenella uli (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Optilyze COSHH
P
Paraformaldehyde COSHH
PBS COSHH
Penicillin Streptomycin (Pen-Strep) COSHH
Periodic Acid COSHH
pH Meter Buffer COSHH
Phenol COSHH
Phosphosafe COSHH
20% Piperidine in DMF COSHH
Platinum COSHH
Ponceau S COSHH
Potassium Hydroxide COSHH
Presept COSHH
Propanol COSHH
Propidium iodide COSHH
Q
Qiagen AB Buffer COSHH
Qiagen AVL Buffer COSHH
Qiagen ERC Buffer COSHH
Qiagen P2 Buffer COSHH
Qiagen PB Buffer COSHH
Qiagen QIAzol COSHH
Qiagen QG Buffer COSHH
Qiagen Proteinase K COSHH
Qiagen RNAse A COSHH
Qiagen RLT Buffer COSHH
Qiagen RW1 Buffer COSHH
R
Resazurin Sodium Salt COSHH
RNase Away COSHH
Rapi Diff Stain Kit COSHH
Reporter lysis kit COSHH
Romidepsin COSHH
S
Silver Nitrate COSHH
Small Compound Library COSHH
Sodium Azide COSHH
Sodium Butyrate COSHH
Sodium Carbonate COSHH
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate COSHH
Sodium Hydroxide COSHH
Sodium Phosphate COSHH
Sporosarcica newyorkensis (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Staphylococcus aureus (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Streptococcus pneumonia (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Sulfuric acid COSHH
T
Tartrazine COSHH
Tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) COSHH
Tio TEPA COSHH
Thimerosal COSHH
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) COSHH
Trizmal Buffer COSHH
Trypsin EDTA COSHH
Trypan Blue COSHH
TWEEN 20 COSHH
U
V
Varicella (contact Biological Safety Officer to obtain a copy of the risk assessment)
Virkon COSHH
W
WD-40 COSHH
X,Y & Z
Xylene COSHH
Note that if a COSHH assessment highlight that Health Surveillance is required, users will need to fill in the HS1 form and submit it to their relevant lab manager.
Please refer to the Occupational Health Service if you have any concerns.