Post on 08-Feb-2016
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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 radiationin 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