Welcome to Environmental Health & Safety
Updated November 19, 2024
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) is an administrative unit that assists University units in meeting their responsibility to protect the environment and to provide a safe and healthful place for employment and learning.
We employ about 100 people who are spread across the UW Seattle campus in multiple locations.
We have six sections organized around the services we provide.
Human source materials, including human cell lines, blood, tissues and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) are commonly used biohazards in UW research labs. Potentially infectious human materials can contain