December LORRE Safety Issue

                                                                           12/16/2016

All,

With holidays coming soon the Lab’s Safety consideration is particularly important.

Biological waste and chemical waste handle

This is a priority task in December safety. Biohazardous agent capable of self-replication, and has the capacity to produce deleterious effects upon biological organisms. We hope you appropriately deal with Biological waste and don’t leave the work to next year.

·       Check refrigerator. Please manage your samples, medium and materials. If you need to keep it, it needs to have to have Clear label. Don’t need keep it have to immediate treatment

·       Clean you work area: Biological Safety Cabinets, Laminar Flow Cabinets, Fume hoods and Benches. Please don’t leave any chemical, dirty glassware and Biohazard agent for a long time.

·       Autoclave or chemical disinfection liquid biological waste and solid biological waste. Chemical waste should be submitted on a Hazardous Materials Pickup Request Form.

Any question please ask your Lab mayor and Safety Committee member.

Winter break period Lab safety

December 23^rd through January 2^nd    all of us most will not be Lab. If you plan to work in the Lab during the Holiday recess:

·       Make sure the Lab door is closed before you leave. Also please note the hot plate, gases, and autoclave turn off when you leave.

·       If you see any problem such as water leak, please report to Purdue 49-48221 (non-emergency number)

·       If you work alone in the hood, please make sure someone else is nearby.

Thank you,

LORRE Safety Committee