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Lab Safety in the Ausubel Lab. Jake Begun – Your radiation officer. Standard Safety in the Lab. Wear lab coat when working with hazardous chemicals Wear radiation badge when working with radioactivity No open toed shoes/sandals. Standard Safety in Lab 2.
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Lab Safety in the Ausubel Lab Jake Begun – Your radiation officer
Standard Safety in the Lab • Wear lab coat when working with hazardous chemicals • Wear radiation badge when working with radioactivity • No open toed shoes/sandals
Standard Safety in Lab 2 • No flammables on top shelf, nothing within 18 inches of sprinklers
Standard Safety in Lab 2 • No flammables on top shelf, nothing within 18 inches of sprinklers • Red boxes • Sharp containers • Autoclave containers for pathogens • Emptying is rotating lab job
Standard Safety in Lab 2 • No flammables on top shelf, nothing within 18 inches of sprinklers • Red boxes • Sharp containers • Autoclave containers for pathogens • Emptying is rotating lab job • Filters on vacuum lines • Keep glass bottles and ethanol off the floor • Common-sense
Working with radiation • Location of radionucleotides • How to order/request additional agents • Contact Andrew Diener • Signing out radionucleotides from freezer stocks
Working with Radiation II • Use of shielding, badges, Geiger Counters • Locations where radiation work is permitted • Disposal of Radiation waste • Solid Waste • Radiation Hoods • Liquid Waste • Radiation Hoods • Approved sinks
Working with radiation in the hoods
Survey • Area • Personal • Check off on sheet
Volatile Chemical Waste • Disposal in satellite collection area • Disposal of solid waste • Plastic • Glass • Disposal of liquid waste • Full chemical name on bottle • Date bottles when fool – removed by Environmental services