Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Services

TSS provides expertise acquired from over 35 years of managing EH&S affairs in leading academic research centers, biotechnology businesses, and life-science research environments. Our credibility and understanding of these services are a direct result of solid relationships with accredited regulators and subsequent business partnerships within the industry. Our experience and partnerships with our client base have enriched our understanding of the role of EH&S operating systems in GMP controlled environments. We are pleased to offer a full range of EH&S services to complement our existing client services, such as assistance with your company's OSHA, Industrial Hygiene, Radiation Safety and other regulatory compliance requirements. Whether it's aid with written program development, conducting hazard assessments, or providing customized occupational safety training, TSS offers a wide variety of services to meet each client's needs.

EH&S program areas include:

• Biological safety
• Bloodborne pathogens
• Chemical hygiene / laboratory safety
• Hazard communication
• Injury & illness prevention programs
• Lock-out / tag-out
• Radiation safety
• Respiratory protection

Environmental compliance documentation:

The biotechnology industry faces increasing environmental regulation from multiple federal, state, and local agencies. TSS can provide environmental permitting expertise to assist you in securing validation reports, monitoring documents, and permits that your business requires in order to operate. Permitting assistance is available in most environmental regulatory areas which include:

• Hazardous (chemical) wastes programs
• Hazardous materials business plans
• Local air (AQMD) permits
• Medical/ biohazardous wastes
• Stormwater management
• Wastewater (POTW) discharge permits

Facility closure, decontamination, and relocation:

Is your company considering closing or moving a facility? As you know, there are many EH&S considerations in the relocation of equipment, regulated materials, and personnel from one laboratory site to another. Additionally, agency and liability considerations often require documentation of all decontamination activities when decommissioning a facility. At TSS, we can provide a team of experienced personnel to assist with decommissioning planning to decontaminate vacated spaces and draft regulatory driven closure plans, reports, and detailed documentation as required by local and state agencies.