New Web-Based Health, Safety Applications To Debut

NIH’s Office of Research Services’ Division of Occupational Health and Safety (DOHS) will soon launch two new web-based applications to improve and personalize individual safety at NIH. 

On Monday, Feb. 26, all NIH staff will use the myCority application to submit safety suggestions, request lab clearances, report indoor air quality concerns, complete ergonomic adjustment guides for computer workstations or laboratory environments and more. 

This summer, staff will begin using the app to access personal occupational health information and related programs (for instance, animal exposure program, tuberculosis screening, etc). Until then, staff will continue to use HealthRx.

Beginning Monday, Mar. 25, the Electronic Registration System (ERS) will become the new place to submit, track, update and renew research involving recombinant/synthetic nucleic acids and/or potentially infectious biological materials studied in the Intramural Research Program. 

All submissions to the current system—PI Dashboard—must be completed by Wednesday, Feb. 21 to ensure review and data integration to ERS. 

A new Health and Safety Application Resources SharePoint site will be available soon via a link on the DOHS homepage: https://ors.od.nih.gov/sr/dohs/Pages/default.aspx. The site will contain information about applications, workflows, PDF user guides and step-by-step videos to walk you through each process.