Safely

Periodic lab safety checklists

URL: https://safely.uwaterloo.ca

What is Safely?

Safely is a web-based lab safety checklist which creates periodic forms for faculty or staff to fill out

Why we made it

The Chemistry Department approached us with a request to move their paper-based lab safety workflow online. With hundreds of labs, each needing to complete 100+ question surveys on a monthly and termly basis, managing the process manually was becoming burdensome.

With Safely, administors can watch as surveys are completed on a regular basis -- and lab managers have a quick and convenient way to fill out their forms.

Features

Quick & Easy Checklists

Safely was designed to be used with a phone or tablet to be able to complete checklists while moving around the lab.

To speed up the process for users, the checklist is enabled with the following:

  • Quick reminders for missed items
  • Helpful tooltips for less detailed checklist items
  • An "ignore section" button for large sections of questions which don't pertain to your lab
  • The ability to re-use previous selections and notes for issues which have persisted across multiple periods

Optional Photo Uploads

Safely supports both comments, and the uploading of photos to a given checklist item, allowing for easy reporting of visually obvious issues.

Track Recurring issues

By using Safely administrators can have a birds-eye view on common or recurring issues throughout their data for specific areas or entire groups of labs


Project Contacts

Troy Grandy All technical inquiries

Contributors and Stakeholders

Manager
Mirko Vucicevich Oversees development of current system.
Developer
Troy Grandy Primary developer / support
Co-op
Michael Chapman Developed original project