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Safety

Overview

GreatBay_SCIE has fully recognized the importance of safety in the lab. In order to prevent dangers and risks caused by improper personal operations of lab facilities, we have taken necessary precautions to minimize the harm. All of our members followed the rules below. To see our completed safety form, please click here.

Training

Safety is the first thing we take into consideration in our wet lab. Before project design, every team member in GreatBay_SCIE had to complete a series of training class in Bluepha Lab for at least 2 weeks. The training contains general lab safety rules(including the aspects of eating and drinking, clothing, basic operations of devices and machines). Two teachers in Bluepha, Xuanyu Zhao and Boxing Wang, were in charge of our training session, providing experienced guiding suggestions. In addition, Xuanyu Zhao is the supervisor for our whole experiment process, ensuring that wet lab members are following the rules strictly.

Execution

In order to assure that the general lab safety rules are being executed closely, a lab management group chat was set up. If it is observed that someone has done wrong operations of the machines in the last day, a photo would be taken and be posted onto the chat group, and a fine range 10 - 50 would be charged as a punishment.

Rules	Specific Rules
Protection Equipments	After entering the lab and before doing experiments, team members are asked to wear lab coats and gloves which are only permitted to wear in lab. In addition, long trousers and long sleeves are needed to make sure that our arms and legs are covered. Scandals and slippers are banned in lab. Before leaving the lab, waste gloves should be thrown away and members are asked to wash their hands.
Supervision	Xuanyu Zhao is the supervisor of our whole project experiment process, including proper operation steps and safety issues.
Safety Evacuations and equipment	Every member is familiar with the location of emergency exit and knows how to use fire extinguisher.
Management of Lab Advices	Members that are last to leave the lab are responsible for turning off all working machines. Machines that are not being used for a long time must be turned off. Tidy work contains: Make sure the table is clean and tidy. Verify that the pipetting gun is set to full range and return to the rack. The ice/water in the ice box must be emptied. E.coli plates are placed in a 37 degree incubator. Primers, plasmids put back in the -20 degree refrigerator. Make sure the clean work table is clean and turn off ventilation/lighting/uv. PCR products, DNA recovery products, enzyme digestion products, plasmids, strains, buffer, Marker must be returned to the refrigerator."
Eating and Drinking	Food and drinks are not allowed in lab. Every member has to clean up their own waste on bench before leaving and to make sure there is no garbage/food on the table.
Chemical Safety	Storage places are arranged properly for different kinds of chemicals. E.g. general chemical store cabinet, highly flammable cabinet and hazard chemical cabinet.