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General guidelines | ==General guidelines== | ||
* Safety glasses and lab coats are required for all work in the lab. Gloves are optional. | |||
* Freezers or fridges that contain > 500ml of a flammable substance need to be labelled with a "Flammables" sticker. Freezers or fridges that do not contain flammables need to be labelled with a "No Flammables" sticker. | |||
* Autoclaved waste that is ready to be thrown away needs a green "OK To Trash" sticker | |||
* Eyewashes need to be tested and flushed (run for ~1min) weekly and the log sheet posted (enter location) needs to be filled out. | |||
* Sharps need to be disposed of in MERI boxes in the lab. These then need to be disposed of in the central building drop-off (which we need to find). | |||
* If you use liquid nitrogen, read the training on the EHS webpage on how to do so safely (FIND LINK) | |||
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==Things Megan needs to do== | |||
* Put together a bio spill box. See EHS webpage to know how to do this. | |||
* Put together a chemical spill kit. Check with EHS on how to do this. | |||
* Ask for an exemption on the biosafety cabinet in 3007 so that it is only inspected once every 3 years since currently we aren't using it (and inspections are expensive) | |||
* When we start needing to move materials (i.e. take cells to the flow cytometry facility in WIMR rooms 7016, 7018) this information needs to be added to the biosafetly protocol. | |||
Revision as of 10:43, 24 June 2015
General guidelines
- Safety glasses and lab coats are required for all work in the lab. Gloves are optional.
- Freezers or fridges that contain > 500ml of a flammable substance need to be labelled with a "Flammables" sticker. Freezers or fridges that do not contain flammables need to be labelled with a "No Flammables" sticker.
- Autoclaved waste that is ready to be thrown away needs a green "OK To Trash" sticker
- Eyewashes need to be tested and flushed (run for ~1min) weekly and the log sheet posted (enter location) needs to be filled out.
- Sharps need to be disposed of in MERI boxes in the lab. These then need to be disposed of in the central building drop-off (which we need to find).
- If you use liquid nitrogen, read the training on the EHS webpage on how to do so safely (FIND LINK)
Things Megan needs to do
- Put together a bio spill box. See EHS webpage to know how to do this.
- Put together a chemical spill kit. Check with EHS on how to do this.
- Ask for an exemption on the biosafety cabinet in 3007 so that it is only inspected once every 3 years since currently we aren't using it (and inspections are expensive)
- When we start needing to move materials (i.e. take cells to the flow cytometry facility in WIMR rooms 7016, 7018) this information needs to be added to the biosafetly protocol.
