Team:Cooper Union/Safety

About Our Lab

Source

1. 1. Does your country use a four-part "Safety Level" rating system for laboratories? (The system might be called in English "Risk Levels", "Bio-Safety Levels", "Containment Levels", "Bio-Security Levels", or some similar name.) Yes. Level 4 is used for the most dangerous organisms.
   2. What is the Safety Level of your lab? (Use the WHO numbering system, in which Level 4 is used for the most dangerous organisms.) Level 1 (low risk, ~= WHO BSL 1)
2. 1. What type of work environments do you use to handle biological materials? Please check all that apply. Open benches, Laminar flow hood / biosafety cabinet with open front
   2. Do you handle different materials in different work environments? If yes, please describe what materials you handle in what work environments. No
3. What personal protective equipment do you use in your lab? Please check all that apply
   

   Lab coats

   Gloves

   Safety glasses / goggles

   Full face shields

   Respirators: (particulate and chemical cartridge/gas mask)

   Other protective equipment: (thermal gloves, cryo gloves)

4. How do you dispose of biological waste? (For example: liquid cell cultures, agar plates, used pipette tips.) Liquid cultures and plastics are bleached. Biohazard disposal is taken care of via CitiWaste (here in NYC). Chemical hazard disposal is done by Leard Environmental.

Welcome!

Timeline

Visit the Safety Hub to see this year's safety requirements. The Safety Hub is the central page for everything related to safety in iGEM. You can also go there to learn about general biosafety topics, and how to think about the future implications of your project.

Edit this page!

Please use this page to write about anything related to safety in your project.

Your Lab

Use this section to tell us about your laboratory. Where is it located? What sort of equipment do you use every day? Have you decorated it for the summer? How do you look wearing a lab coat? Take pictures! Show off your space!

• Now : Read the Safety Hub and learn about safety in iGEM. Ask questions by emailing safety at igem DOT org .
• Now - Jamboree: Complete Check-Ins and receive approval before acquiring and using certain materials in your lab
• Now - Wiki Freeze: Edit this Safety page to tell us about what you're doing
• June 9: Submit the About Our Lab form.
• Let us know by June 25 if you will need an extension on the Preliminary Version, or your Preliminary Version will be significantly incomplete.
• June 30: Submit the Preliminary Version of the Safety Form.
• Participate in Virtual Open Office Hours to ask questions and discuss safety topics (exact date to be determined).
• September 1: Submit the Final Version of the Safety Form.
• October: Wiki freeze (exact date to be determined)
• October 30 - November 3: GIANT JAMBOREE!