Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department of Microbiology and Immunology

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Dept EH&S Management EH&S Information Emergency Information
EH&S policy: incl - Introduction | Message from HoD | Deptl safety policy

Issue resolution procedures: incl - Introduction | Immediate safety hazards | Provisional improvement notices

Safety officers & representatives: incl - First aid officers | Emergency contacts for evacuation | Qualified breathing apparatus operators | Floor and safety wardens | Radiation and special safety officers | Environmental representatives | Important deptl contact numbers

Health & safety representative: Role of the HSR | Powers of the HSR within DWG | Designated work group

Organizational structure: Intro | Deptl EH&S committee | Work group representatives EH&S sub-committee

Hazards & Safety
Biological hazards & safety, Biological Safety Cabinets
P1 incl - Working with biological hazards | Classification of microorganisms by risk group. P2 incl - General info | Laminar flow hoods (Cross flow cabinet) | Downflow cabinet (Class I Biosafety cabinet) | Downflow cabinet (Class II Biosafety cabinet) | Downflow cabinet (Class III Biosafety cabinet)

Chemical hazards & safety: incl - Poisons permit | Health risk information | Chemical inventory | Hazard symbols & notation | Guidelines for handling chemicals | High risk chemicals | Incompatible chemicals | Reactions producing toxic gases | Incl links to Chemwatch & MSDS databases, Poisons control plan, Storage of hazardous chemicals, Disposal of chemical waste, Prohibited & notifiable carcinogenic chemicals, Database of hazardous substances, Database of National Exposure Standards

Radioactive hazards & safety: incl Principles of radioactive protection | Commencing work with radioactive material | Simple guidelines for handling and use of radioactive material | Internal radiation hazards | Dose limits | Safety notes | Dealing with radioactive spills

Physical hazards & safety: incl Visual display units | Filing cabinets | Manual handling - lifting & carrying | Drying & sterilising ovens | Microwaves | Low temperature freezers | Dry Ice | Ultraviolet light | Electrical faults | Incl links to Autoclaves, Liquid nitrogen, Gas cylinders, Threatening persons

Safety management for laboratories & workgroups: incl - Supervisor checklist of responsibilities | Induction of new staff and students | General safety rules | Writing SOPs | Work group representatives & risk assessments | Training | Half yearly self-audits | After hours work guidelines | Major potential hazards | Hand wash instructions | PC2 lab guidelines | PC3 lab guidelines | Pregnancy & work | Staff & students duty of care

Online safety resources: incl - list of links under - Uni Melb | Victoria | National | International

Departmental EH&S notices: incl - Safety Matters | A question of safety

Waste Disposal: incl - Intro - Deptl Policy | Types of waste | Summary Tables

Sharps: Sharps waste | Summary table

Chemical: incl - Material safety data sheets | Labelling of containers | Scheduled drugs & poisons | Cytotoxic waste | Solvents | Other chemical waste incl - non-hazardous & hazardous | Empty chemical containers | Room E07 | Summary table

Biological: incl - Intro | Waste disposal guidelines | Autoclave bags | Autoclave bins | Pipettes | Lab responsibilities in autoclave area | Autoclave protocol for bags | Autoclave protocol for autoclave bins | Protocol for recording autoclave runs | Links re autoclaves & sterilisation facilities | Summary table

Radioactive: incl - Procedure | Summary table

General: incl - Non-contaminated glass/plasticware | Cardboard & co-mingled recyclable items | Styrofoam waste | Old equipment/Hard waste | Summary table

Downloads: incl Deptl policy documents | Safety self-audits | Incident or accident reporting | Evacuation checklist | Training records | Room & equipment signage | Work group risk register & risk assessments | Deptl Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) | Miscellaneous incl After hours work approval form, Chemicals for disposal, Equipment repair form, SOP template, Uni Melb EH&S forms
Emergency procedures: incl - Fire | Flood | Chemical spills | Injury or poisoning | Threatening or suspicious persons | Bomb threat | Evacution

Emergency contact details: incl - Uni Melb emergency numbers | Other emergency numbers | Emergency deptl contacts

Incident reporting: incl - Summary | Reporting of accidents & incidents | Notifiable incidents | Incidents involving human or primate blood or products | Corrective action strategies | WorkCover | Damaged equipment

Spills
Chemical
: incl - Liquid | Solid | Mercury | Chemical spill kits

Blood: incl - Blood borne diseases | In case of injury | If you are personally involved | In case of splashing with blood

Infectious material: Procedure

Radioactive material: Procedure

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

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