A Glimpse into Establishing and Developing Safety Measures in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University in 2016

The department of Chemistry is one of the main academic departments in the College of Science at Al-Nahrain University. The department awards Bachelor degree in Chemistry and Master degree in Analytical, Physical, Organic, Inorganic, and Biochemistry. Chemistry department since its establishment has twenty one laboratories within. Fifteen of them are devoted for postgraduate students and the rest are for undergraduates. During 2016, we aimed to focus our attention towards maintaining safety measures within all of these laboratories to ensure a safe working environment. In 2016, the department witnessed many significant achievements with regards to disseminating safety measures through lectures, workshops, seminars and publications as well as renovating infrastructures. Also, during the last six years, the department adopted a strategy to promote safety and security which has been approved by Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF). Herein, we would like to shine a spotlight to all departmental activities and programs conducted to motivate and educate our students and affiliates to take safety as their first priority at all times and keep maintaining safety standards in our department.