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This policy protects laboratory workers from harmful exposure to methylene chloride by requiring safe practices and compliance with federal standards. Key elements include training, hazard communication, exposure monitoring, and emergency procedures. Health risks range from short-term neurological effects to long-term organ damage and cancer. The policy emphasizes a hierarchy of controls to minimize risk. Its goal is to ensure a safe research environment.

Chapter 12 of the Adams School of Dentistry's (ASOD) Infection Control Manual explains the ASOD's requirements for using and disinfecting digital impression scanners, intraoral cameras, and impression materials and dental appliances, as well as on-site laboratory considerations, incoming laboratory considerations, and outgoing laboratory considerations.

The Department of Ophthalmology follows the personnel policies of the University of North Carolina which can be found in their entirety on the UNC-Chapel Hill Human Resources website. Additional information about the Lab’s specific requirements or expectations on some of the attendance policies are contained below.