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