Environment, Health & Safet y
LabNotes
N o . 93 S U M M E R 2 011
SAFE T Y NEWS FOR UC SAN DIEGO RESEARCHERS
EH&S Online
Recharge
Statements
http://ehs1sun.ucsd.edu:8090/
recharge_report/
Do you manage recharges for EH&S services like radiation dosimetry or radiation
machines? Use the EH&S online Recharge
Statement tool to look up your EH&S recharge statement and generate reports.
Access the Online Recharge Statement tool
directly at http://ehs1sun.ucsd.edu:8090/
recharge_report/, or from the “EH&S Index
to Services” page on Blink at http://blink.
ucsd.edu/go/ehsservices.
Personal
Protective
Equipment
An appropriate level
of personal protective equipment, or
PPE, must be worn at
all times when hazardous material or
equipment is used in
the workplace. PPE provides added individual protection even when a hazard is being
mitigated by engineering controls (ventilation systems, chemical fume hoods) and
administrative controls (written standard
operating procedures, training).
PPE includes clothing and accessories designed to protect the wearer against safety
and health hazards. Lab coats, gloves, safety
glasses, goggles, and face shields are familiar
types of PPE worn daily in UCSD labs.
Organize a Safe and
Productive Field Trip
http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/
fieldsafety
Planning a field trip for research or instructional purposes? Use the Field Safety Plan
tool to anticipate and prepare for potential
risks before you go.
Consult the “Field Safety Plan” page on
Blink, http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/fieldsafety,
for the FS planning tool and links to campus, systemwide, and government travel
resources.
Planning considerations include contacts,
communications, equipment and supply
logistics, insurance and liability coverage,
medical and emergency contingencies,
safety and security, and transportation of
people and hazardous materials.
Scripps geophysicists mapped faults that
run under the Salton Sea using an acoustic imager known as the subscan chirp
during a series of field campaigns in 2006
and 2007.
Keep Your BUA Up-to-Date
PI’s are responsible for keeping their Biohazard Use
Authorization (BUA) content accurate at all times.
Authorized personnel and training history are commonly overlooked sections of a BUA that may need
to be updated throughout the year, not just at annual
renewal time. Simple updates to personnel or training history can be entered anytime by the PI or a PI Contact with editing rights.
Authorized personnel – Update your authorized personnel list as people come
and go from the lab. List everyone using biohazards, including BSL-1 work, as
authorized personnel on the BUA. An amendment is NOT required for changing
authorized personnel.
Authorized personnel are required to review the BUA and have read-only access
to the BUA via Single Sign-On. The EH&S Biosafety team encourages PIs to take
time during a lab meeting to demonstrate how to access the lab’s BUA from My
Research Safety (http://myresearchsafety.ucsd.edu).
PPE doesn’t eliminate hazards. If the equipment fails or is improperly used, exposure
can occur.
Training history – Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) and Viral Vector training dates must
be entered manually into the BUA under the “AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL” section
after the classes are taken. An amendment is NOT required for updating training.
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Personnel must take initial instructor-led BBP training in person. Thereafter,
BBP refresher training is required every 12 months and can be taken online.
Viral Vector training is required to be taken only once during an individual’s
career at UCSD. See “Biosafety Training” on Blink at http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/
biotrain for details.
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
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Amendments - Amendments are different. Amend your BUA when you propose to change the type of work performed with an authorized biohazard or
propose to introduce a new biohazard into your lab. Amendments require approval before the new work can commence. Make sure all new work proposed
in your lab, as well as current work, has approval in your BUA. Some examples
of when to submit an amendment are:
• You are approved for adenoviral vectors but propose work with adenoassociated viral vectors
• You are authorized to work with an approved biohazard in tissue culture
but now propose to administer it to animals
• You propose work with new cell lines
• You propose work with new nucleic acids in recombinant DNA (even when
non-hazardous)
See the BUA webpage on Blink at http://blink.ucsd.edu/
safety/research-lab/biosafety/BUA.html for a list of additional (though not inclusive) examples, plus; instructions for submitting an amendment.
When submitting an amendment or a renewal, be sure
current training dates are entered in the BUA. Approval
will not be granted if training is incomplete.
Questions about your BUA? Contact EH&S Biosafety at
ehsbio@ucsd.edu.
Loaner Radiation Survey Meters
Did you know UCSD researchers can borrow
a radiation survey meter from EH&S when:
• The EH&S Services Lab calibrates
your meter
• Your meter is out for repairs
• You wait for delivery of a new meter
• 44-3 scintillation probe for low-energy gamma detection
• 44-9 Geiger-Mueller probe for alpha, beta, or gamma contamination
Loaner meters are free but are subject to overdue charges.
To obtain a loaner meter:
• Call the EH&S Services Lab, (858) 534-6418, to be sure a meter is available.
Meters are loaned on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Pick up the meter at the EH&S Services Lab, 301B University Center, at the
corner of Gilman Drive and Myers Drive.
• Bring this information with you: principal investigator’s name, RUA number,
University of California, San Diego-Environment, Health & Safety
Consult the Material Safety Data Sheet for the
hazardous material you intend to work with for
a list of appropriate and compatible PPE. For reliable protection, make sure your PPE is clean, in
good condition, fits correctly, and is appropriate
for the materials and equipment you’re using.
Prevent the spread of contamination
To avoid spreading contaminants launder lab
coats regularly, do not reuse disposable gloves,
and wash your hands after removing PPE when
work is finished. Remove PPE before leaving
your workplace to prevent the spread of contamination to your car, home, or public places.
Never wear lab coats, gloves, or other PPE into
cafeterias, rest rooms, or non-lab buildings.
Take the lab coat quiz! Where should you:
A) wear lab coats B) not wear lab coats
The loaner meter is the Ludlum model 3
meter with the following available probes:
and index number for your regular meter
Understanding the purpose and limitations of
PPE will help you select and use it effectively.
Some chemicals, for example, can easily penetrate gloves that work very well for other
chemicals. A flame resistant lab coat is required
for work with pyrophoric and other highly reactive materials.
1) cold room 2) Price Center 3) office 4) tissue
culture room 5) shuttle 6) lunchroom 7) coffee
cart 8) bathroom 9) car 10) home 11) biohazard waste area 12) chemical storage facility 13)
restaurant
Answers: 1-A, 2-B, 3-B, 4-A, 5-B, 6-B, 7-B, 8-B, 9-B,
10-B, 11-A, 12-A, 13-B
ChemCycle
UCSD’s chemical recycling facility
http://www-ehs.ucsd.edu/chemcycle/
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