February a Month of LOVE! How to love your laboratory in a few easy steps: Keep your laboratory clean! Please throw away your empty chemical bottles. Please wash your glassware and put it away (don’t leave it in the sinks or on the counter tops!). Please remove your items from the chemical fume hoods at the… Continue reading A Swette Center Guide to the Laboratory!
Category: Safety
Taking Charge of Your Own Safety
by Sarah Arrowsmith At SCEB we do a variety of work. In fact, in terms of scope and scale, our lab is more varied than any lab I’ve worked in or even toured through. We have groups in our lab that do mathematical modelling, environmental engineering, autism research, biofuels and more. The needs and level… Continue reading Taking Charge of Your Own Safety
Under Pressure; Compressed Gas Safety
11/3/2016 by Sarah Arrowsmith Handling compressed gas cylinders and changing regulators can be intimidating. However, there are steps you can take to feel at ease and people you can lean on to provide hands-on training. Please review Sarah Arrowsmith’s PowerPoint for details: Under Pressure. Sarah Arrowsmith is the Research Laboratory Coordinator and Safety Compliance Officer for… Continue reading Under Pressure; Compressed Gas Safety
Biohazards
6/2/2017 by Sarah Arrowsmith Hello again. It’s your friendly neighborhood lab coordinator! Today we are going to talk about biohazards in the lab and how to handle them properly. What is a biohazard? Biohazards are biological agents or materials that are a hazard to humans or the environment (Merriam Webster, 2017). ASU defines the applicability of… Continue reading Biohazards
Did you read the SDS?
8/8/2017 by Sarah Arrowsmith A Riveting Tale of Lab Safety Let’s get real for a moment. When was the last time you picked up the SDS for a chemical you recently ordered and actually looked at it? Even just a passing glance? I think it is pretty unlikely. Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one.… Continue reading Did you read the SDS?
Waste Disposal and Preparing for ADEQ Inspection
9/18/2017 by Sarah Arrowsmith Larry the Lab Lizard First thing is first. There has been a lot of hype and interest in our new lab comic and its star Larry. Larry is not an official mascot of ASU or the Biodesign Swette Center, but rather just a visual aid from the sometimes disarranged brain… Continue reading Waste Disposal and Preparing for ADEQ Inspection
Fight the Clutter
10/20/17 by Sarah Arrowsmith Science is a Tale of Perpetual Hording I believe there is a strong correlation between researchers and hoarding. We might need to run that sample again someday! Every lab I have worked in has a junk drawer, has a junk shelf, has a junk room or just has junk everywhere! We… Continue reading Fight the Clutter