Category: EHSO
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How to Use a Geiger Counter
If your lab is authorized to use radioactive Materials, you are required to conduct routine contamination surveys. Contamination Surveys are required to be performed weekly after each radioactive material use. We encourage researchers to perform contamination Surveys after each individual experiment. Your surveys should include the Geiger meter survey and wipe tests. The lab areas…
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EHSO Lab Validations Coming Soon!
EHSO will start conducting annual lab validations beginning in June 2013. EHSO will inspect at least one lab for each PI. After the inspection, labs will receive a report with any findings within 48 hours. Building liaisons will follow up with each lab 2 weeks after the validation to ensure that all items found during…
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Recent Biosafety Protocol & Regulation Changes
Recent changes were made the NIH Office of Biotechnology to the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant and Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules. Also, changes were made to Biosafety Protocol review process including the committee structure. These changes have been reflected in a Change Summary document that is posted on the EHSO website: http://www.ehso.emory.edu/programs/research/research-protocol.cfm Please review…
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Volunteers and Minors in the Lab
How does EHSO define “volunteers”? A volunteer is defined as an individual who offers a service or contributes knowledge and skills the University without expectation of compensation. Volunteers are individuals 18 years or older that are not enrolled in Emory University or Oxford College in a degree seeking program or individuals that are not employed…
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Attention All Radioactive Materials (RAM) Users
Empty RAM waste containers will no longer be available on the ground floor in Whitehead Biomedical Research Building or in the basement of Woodruff Memorial Research Building. Replacement RAM waste containers should be requested through EHS-Assist by creating a “Waste Pick-Up” request. EHSO will deliver requested waste containers to labs. Please make sure you plan…
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Cleaning up Biological Spills
Minor spills can be safely handled without the assistance of EHSO or emergency response personnel. Spills are considered minor if the volume is less than 100ml. Here is a simple example. A researcher is walking to the BSC holding a few test tubes containing blood. On the way to the BSC, the researcher drops a…
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Does Your Lab Require a Department of Defense Certificate of Environmental Compliance?
To obtain a signature on the Department of Defense Certificate of Environmental Compliance (DOD-CEC) from the Director of EHSO, each PI will need to submit the following documents: Scientific Abstract from Grant Proposal, PI Assurance document, and the Certificate of Environmental Compliance. EHSO will conduct a lab inspection, review the scientific abstract, and verify the…