Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of objectives in design of safe laboratories / Leslie Bretherick -- Safe laboratory design : a user's contribution / William P. Schaefer -- Designing safe laboratories : an architect's perspective / Michael D. Kelly -- Safe laboratory design : a safety professional's perspective / Douglas B. Walters -- An overview of basic life safety principles / Peter Ashbrook, Paul Restivo, and Stephen Szabo -- Basic principles of ventilation in chemistry laboratories / Gerhard W. Knutson -- Basic components of laboratory plumbing systems / Henry Koertge -- Do's and don'ts in providing for storage of chemical wastes in the laboratory / Peter Ashbrook -- Working together to design safe laboratories : ventilation, a consultant's perspective / Earl L. Walls -- Basic principles of fume hood design and operation / E. Robinson Hoyle and R. Scott Stricoff -- Common ventilation and fume hood problems / G. Thomas Saunders -- Basic concepts for improving ventilation during major remodeling projects / Robert Kee -- Safe laboratory design in the small business / Lyle H. Phifer -- Safety considerations in the renovation of high school science laboratories / John Severns -- The Los Angeles Unified School District-- a study in the evolution of facilities for teaching high school chemistry / Gerald J. Garner -- Design of safe R & D labs / Janet Baum -- Safe handling of hazardous chemicals in a chemical containment laboratory-- design requirements of a chemical containment laboratory / Richard A. Smith ... {et al.} -- Where laboratory design projects go right or wrong / Norman V. Steere.