Ministry of Science and ICT Self-Verifies Safety Information for Laboratories Subject to the 'Laboratory Safety Act'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 26th that it will undertake verification to enhance the effectiveness and reliability of information in the newly introduced laboratory safety information disclosure system this year.

The Ministry of Science and ICT has been disclosing laboratory safety information of 4,035 research institutions (as of August) annually through the National Research Safety Information System (labs.go.kr) since this year, following the revision of the "Act on the Creation of a Safe Laboratory Environment" last year.

The main disclosed items include whether safety inspections were conducted, safety education completion rates, and laboratory accident status. These were finalized through an online public hearing held on the 7th of last month. This information verification is a procedure in which institutions independently verify the reliability of laboratory safety information obtained through a survey conducted in the first half of this year, and will continue until December 9. Information that has undergone self-verification and correction by research institutions will be integrated and finally disclosed at the end of December.

Kang Sang-wook, Director of the Future Talent Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, “We expect this disclosure system to serve as a cornerstone in creating a research environment that prioritizes ‘researchers’ safety’ by raising safety awareness among research institutions and laboratory managers.”

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