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FAQ for Chemical SOPs, What is a Standard Operating Procedure?, A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) describes how your lab will safely handle a hazardous chemical, including the amount and concentration you will u, What is a chemical safety guideline?, OESO provides chemical safety guidelines to summarize general guidance for safe handling of chemicals in a specific hazard class, such as flammable an, Where do I find chemical safety guidelines and information about creating SOPs?, An SOP Template, chemical safety guidelines, older hazard-class SOPs, and a selection of chemical-specific guidelines and SOPs are found on our Chemic, When is an SOP required?, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires standard operating procedures covering health and safety considerations for any work, When is a laboratory-specific SOP required?, Laboratory-specific, customized SOPs must be created for chemicals or procedures that pose unique hazards, including all chemicals meeting OESO’s crit, Is a specific format required?, No, but your SOP must include any relevant information from all of the sections included in the SOP template. Your SOP may reference one or more of th, If I have a written protocol describing the steps of my experiment, can I simply incorporate the important safety information into that document?, Yes. In fact, OESO encourages investigators to incorporate safety procedures into their experimental protocols. As long as the protocol includes infor, What resources are available to help me complete the SOP?, PubChem’s Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries offer an excellent compilation of safety information for several thousand chemicals. Safety Data Sheets
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Chemical Waste FAQs, How do I dispose of Ethidium Bromide?, The disposal protocol for disposing of Ethidium bromide can be found here., How do I dispose of batteries?, If they are alkaline then they can go in the regular trash. If they are less than 2 pounds, they can be placed in any of the recycling bins we have on, What kind of container can I use to put my waste in?, The chemical waste must be compatible with its container. The container must be securely closed so that it does not leak. Para film, foil, and tape ar, What do we do with an empty bottle that once had a chemical in it?, Once outer labels are defaced, empty bottles can be triple rinsed and thrown into the regular trash or labs may reuse containers for collecting waste,, What if I have several small bottles of the same chemical waste. Do I have to put a barcode on every one?, If you are able to put all the the small bottles in a box that you can tape closed or a ziploc bag that closes, then you will only have to use 1 barco, What is the difference between the waste accumulation labels and the small container labels?, The larger waste accumulation labels have a place for you to write in the "open date" and "fill date." They are used for larger containers that you ad, What is secondary containment?, Areas where waste chemicals are accumulated must have secondary containment sufficient to collect incidental spills that might occur when adding waste, What are the guidelines for using the 5 gallon red solvent cans?, The cans are intended for solvent-type wastes. Acidic or caustic materials cannot be placed in the cans. If the mixture contains acidic or basic mater
Radioactive Waste FAQs, From where do I get the one gallon liquid jugs?, We no longer provide those. You may use any container that is chemical compatible with the liquid you are using. The container must have a screw top, Why can't we put our radioactive waste in biohazard bags?, Since the waste is not biohazardous you cannot use biohazard bags. You may only use biohazard bags in the carcass drums., How do I dispose of sharps?, Sharps need to be placed in sharps containers. The sharps containers can then be barcoded and submitted as waste. If they are small enough and can fi, How do I dispose of lead pigs or shielding?, Make sure the lead is not contaminated by performing a swipe test and then you can submit it as chemical waste., How do I dispose of acrylic shielding?, First try to see if another lab can use it. If not, then remove all radioactive labels and perform a swipe test for contamination. If clean, then the