How to get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

UCSD faculty, research staff, post-doctoral researchers, visiting scholars, graduate students, and paid undergraduate student workers. Contact the PPE Office, ehs-ppe@ucsd.edu, for further details regarding eligibility. Volunteers are only eligible for loaner lab coats.

1. Make sure your lab manager or supervisor has added you as "Lab Personnel" under your "My  EH&S Profile" using the My Research Safety portal.
2. Further, your manager/supervisor should add you as a member of the lab's "Laboratory Hazard Assessment Tool"(LHAT) along with each associated Hazard Control Plan(HCP). For additional troubleshooting and 1:1 assistance with these electronic safety applications, please contact the Division Safety Office, safetyofficer@biology.ucsd.edu.
3. Once you have been added to the appropriate applications, please schedule an appointment with the PPE Office via the PPE online form or complete a virtual fitting over email via their online form. Secondary PPE may also be received if deemed essential for safe research by the LHAT module. You will receieve your lab coat on the day of your fitting appointment.

People who will be on campus for less than 6 months and volunteers may take part in the loaner lab coat program. Please contact the Division Safety Office, safetyofficer@biology.ucsd.edu, for further clarification and details.

If you are not a UCSD student or staff member (i.e. visiting scholars, volunteers, etc.), you must have a UCSD Single Sign-On (SSO) affiliate account. Please contact your Biology HR representative for additional details.

For those individuals not eligible for this program, PPE can be purchased on Marketplace or through the Campus Bookstore

Lab members are authorized to use alternate lab coats not provided by the UCSD PPE Distribution Program if said coats are a.) in good condition and, b.) adhere to the PPE standard identified in the Laboratory Hazard Assessment process (LHAT).

Please review  Personal Protective Equipment - Requirements: Research Employees to learn how to effectively use the Laboratory Hazard Assessment Tool (LHAT) for hazard identification and risk mitigation.