1. Lab Safety PlanLilian Davila's Group – Biological Engineering and Small Scale Technologies Miguel Fernando Diaz Moreno Safety coordinator Fall 2010

2. GENERAL PROCEDURES • Key emergency personnel are asked to report to campus. UC Merced Emergency personnel must contact Safety coordinator, PI or Lab manager. • Decisions made during a crisis will vary depending on the nature of the event.

3. What you can do in any emergency • Keep your Cat Card with you at all times • Be familiar and review emergency plans at least once a semester • Comply quickly and calmly with instructions • Provide emergency contact information to those who would need it • Keep the gas tank full if you have a car • Store a personal emergency kit in your desk or car • Report valuable information to the UC Merced Police Department at (209) 228-2677 (CAT COPS) • Avoid passing on unsubstantiated information and rumors • Telephone Davila lab members to relay important emergency information

4. Building Evacuation Meeting Place Map *The evacuation meeting place is located at 30 minute green loading zone space in the main parking lot behind to SE building.

5. Routes of escape to the evacuation meeting place Evacuation Meeting Place Exit Exit Davila's Lab Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 First floor stairs Second Floor Diagram Exit

6. Routes of escape to the evacuation meeting place First Floor Diagram Evacuation Meeting Place

7. Types of Possible Emergencies • Gas escape • Power outage • Fire, smoke or explosion • Earthquake • General medical problems • Flood / water leak • Active shooter • Biological spill • Chemical exposure • Toxicology

18. NANOMATERIALS SAFETY PLAN

19. Types of Nonmaterial (EPA) • Carbon tubes and fullerenes: Composites for use in vehicles and sports equipment. • Cerium oxide: Drug delivery to automobile catalytic converters. • Titanium dioxide: Sunscreens, cosmetics, and paints and coatings. • Silver: Textiles and other materials to eliminate bacteria and odor from clothing, food packaging, and other items where antimicrobial properties are desirable • Iron: “smart fluids” for uses such as optics polishing and as better-absorbed iron nutrient supplement, one of its more-prominent current uses is to remove contamination from groundwater

20. Lab Safety training Wednesdays Thursdays Topic Sept. 1 NA Lab Safety – Fundamentals Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Biosafety Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Corrosives Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Radiation Safety Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Laboratory Safety Management for PI’s Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Lab Safety – Fundamentals Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Biosafety Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Laser Safety Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Laboratory Safety Management for PI’s Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Lab Safety – Fundamentals Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Biosafety Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Waste Management in the Laboratory Nov. 24 Holiday HazMat Spill Response – Labs Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Fire Safety – Labs Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Blood Borne Pathogens Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Field Safety for Researchers

21. ERGOCAT TRAINING

22. REQUESTING YOUR PASSWORD Wednesdays Thursdays Topic Sept. 1 NA Lab Safety - Fundamentals+ * Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Biosafety Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Corrosives Sept. 22 Sept. 23 Radiation Safety Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Laboratory Safety Management for PI’s Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Lab Safety - Fundamentals+ * Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Biosafety Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Laser Safety Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Laboratory Safety Management for PI’s Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Lab Safety - Fundamentals+ * Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Biosafety Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Waste Management in the Laboratory Nov. 24 Holiday HazMat Spill Response - Labs+ Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Fire Safety - Labs+ * Dec. 8 Dec. 9 Blood Borne Pathogens Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Field Safety for Researchers                                                             + = Core class  * = 2 hour session Click on “Click here” http://ehs.ucmerced.edu/news/what-ergo-cat

23. SIGNING IN WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD RECEIVED Enter your email and password

24. TAKING THE TEST

25. SOME EXERCISES

26. THANK YOU Any comments or questions?

27. REFERENCES • http://ehs.ucmerced.edu/ • http://risk.arizona.edu/emergencyprocedures/armedindividual.shtml • http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/emergency/fire.htm • http://cms.madonna.edu/pages/university-resources/public-safety/medical-emergency-procedure • http://ehs.unc.edu/fire/procedures.shtml • http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.2bceb61fc98129c1ae13e110f848344a/?vgnextoid=064ae6ffe0e1e010VgnVCM100000db6643a4RCRD • http://www.lee.edu/security/emergency_flood.asp • http://studentaffairs.shu.edu/emergencyprocedures/medicalassistance.html • http://www.caes.uga.edu/topics/disasters/flood/articles/floodthreat.html • http://portal.sfusd.edu/template/default.cfm?page=emergency.earthquake • http://www-admn.csun.edu/ehs/emergency/earthquake.htm • http://www.vcccd.edu/departments/police/about_the_department/emergency_procedures/major_earthquake.shtml • http://www.epa.gov/nanoscience/index.htm