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TA Training
Spring 2015
TA Lab Guidelines
You are setting an example in the lab
 Always wear protective eyewear and lab coat
 Be 10 min. early to lab to prepare.
You are responsible for student compliance
– Never leave the lab unattended even for a
minute
– Call for someone to come down if you need to
leave
If safety violations occur
– The authorities could intervene
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Lab coats, closed shoes, safety eyewear and gloves
– Gloves are required
• $.25 per pair, available in stockroom: They are not FREE
• Gloves must be NITRILE
– All safety equipment is available in the stockroom.
• If lab coat/eyewear/gloves are purchased outside of the stockroom,
they must be brought to the stockroom for approval and issuance
of approval form to be presented to TA
– Grad students sell goggles and glasses CASH ONLY
• For the first week only
– NO PPE = NO Experiment
– Glove policy (1 glove only when in the hallways)
Lab coats & safety glasses must be worn into lab.
– They are free to new TAs
– Get them from the stockroom
Safety Equipment Approval Form
Lab Evacuation
Tell students that this is a chemistry building & accidents
may occur.
• Evacuation Route is Posted by Lab Door
– Note meeting area for your lab before students arrive
– Bring your attendance sheet or roster with you
• Perform Evacuation Drill
– Lead students out assigned door based on posted route
– Meet in assigned location and take attendance
• In a real emergency:
– After taking attendance in designated outside assembly
area, have students wait for further instructions before
dismissing them.
Medical Forms
• Tell the students they are for emergency only
• They will not be seen unless student is
unconscious
• Follow procedure given by the course instructor.
– They cannot do a lab unless it is present
• If it is not present, have them fill out before they perform
any lab
NO STUDENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO PERFORM
ANY LAB EXPERIMENT WITHOUT A MEDICAL
FORM.
Safety Equipment
• Show students the location and usage of safety
equipment
– Eyewash and safety showers
• Some in hallway, near bathrooms
• Others in teaching labs (101,150,165,151, Annex and
Morrill Lab)
• Check the phones when you first enter the labs
– You will need them in an emergency.
– Report any nonworking phone to the stockroom.
• Broken Glass- Dispose of in “GLASS ONLY” bins
• Clean up broken glass with dustpan and broom
Emergency
• Call 4-2121 from the phones in the lab
– Outside numbers cannot be used on campus.
– If using a cell phone, call 874-2121
• If outside the 401 area, dial 401-874-2121.
• Fire alarms are located in the halls
• Emergency procedures posted by the phone
– Have all students stop work if necessary
• Do not leave your lab, call immediately for help
– Departmental phone numbers are posted by phone.
• Stockroom, Chairman, Course instructor, main office
• If injury results in blood or bodily fluids, contact Custodial to
clean up. All contaminated materials are considered biohazardous
waste and can not be disposed of in the trash.
Waste Disposal
• Put all waste into proper waste container
• If lab requires more than one waste bottle, educate the
students on each bottle’s contents
• If non-compatible substances are mixed in a waste bottle,
take the cap off, close the fume hood and call stockroom
for help!
– Make sure nothing spills on the outside of the bottle
– Stockroom can bring down a funnel if needed
– Make sure waste bottles are closed between uses.
• Do not put anything but water in the sinks
• All chemicals are to be disposed of in waste
containers
*Note: Spill cleanup materials are also considered hazardous
waste … This includes contaminated clothing!!!
Waste Labels & Containment
• Waste labels must be kept neat
– Make sure bottles have legible hazardous waste labels
– If the label gets ruined, call the stockroom for a
replacement
– Chemical formulas may not be used on a hazardous waste
label
– DO NOT date waste bottles
– DO NOT transfer waste between labs
• Make sure you have enough waste containers
– If not, call the stockroom to bring down a new container
before the old one is full
– Do not overfill waste containers (especially the drums)
• All waste bottles must be in secondary containment
. Do not store incompatible wastes in the same containment
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tray.
Hazardous Waste Satellite Accumulation Area
(SAA)-Label all bottles at first use!!!
Keep spill clean-up
supplies on hand.
1. The waste area must be
identified by a sign.
2. The waste area must be at or
near the point of generation.
3. Store waste away from
chemical stock storage areas.
Keep bottle closed.
When not adding
waste, REMOVE
FUNNEL AND
CLOSE
Do not overfill containers.
Leave head space.
1.The label must say hazardous
waste.
2.Use full chemical name, no
abbreviations
3.Check the appropriate hazard.
4. If a chemical is missing from the
label, notify the Stockroom for a
replacement label.
1. Lab workers are
responsible for inspecting
the waste.
2. Contact the Stockroom
when bottles are nearly full
to acquire a new bottle.
NEVER PUT IN
USE CHEMICALS
IN THE
WASTE PAN !!
Use appropriate PPE
1. Place waste in secondary
containment tray to prevent
uncontrolled spills.
2. Make sure the waste bottle
contains compatible waste.
3. Containers must be in good
condition.
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Lab Maintenance
• Monitor MeasureNet Use (if in your lab)
– MeasureNet Station and attached equipment.
• Monitor balance, hot plate and buret use
– Should be clean and dry before you leave.
– Make sure area is clean when you leave, unplug hot
plates
• Broken glass disposal
• If glass-only bin is full, notify the stockroom
immediately.
• Leave lab clean, neat & ready for next class.
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Erase anything you have written on the board,
Make sure all lab benches and chemical hoods are clean
Lock door and close windows
No chemical residue:
• Outside of waste bottles, in the hood or in balance
area.
Unlocked Door
Chemical Hazards
• Please be conscious of chemical hazards.
• Make sure students realize the severity of
hazards when working with chemicals,
especially concentrated ones.
• MSDS information will be available in the lab
– Familiarize yourself with chemicals you will use in
the lab
– For chemical injuries, give EMS the MSDS
Be familiar with NFPA Ratings & be able to explain them
to students
Chemical Spills
• Step 1 = isolate & contain spill!
• If a small spill occurs, use a spill pad to absorb it
– If you need more than 2 spill pads to fully clean up the
area, call the stockroom to report the spill and get
some help.
• If the spill is very large, use the spill kit if
necessary.
– Call the stockroom for help
– Dispose of all spill pads & spill response materials in
the appropriate waste container.
Chemicals and Equipment
• Get to lab early to check on prep
– Call the stockroom immediately if you need something so
they can bring it down before you start the experiment.
– Call early, so items can be delivered promptly
• Do not send students to retrieve chemicals at the
Stockroom -only certain equipment.
• Also do not send (or allow) students to bring broken
glassware to the stockroom to “show us”. We only need to
see a missing / broken request via the online billing
system or do a “cash and carry transaction” using their
RAM Account.
General Safety Instruction:
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Read departmental lab policies and safety regulations
Safety Video & questions
Perform evacuation drill
Fill out the medical form and instruct student to keep
on person or in lab notebook.
• Fill out compliance form (check for understanding)
• Notify students of online Safety module that they must
pass.
• Review syllabus
Note: guidelines are posted on Stockroom Homepage
What if my student is not on the
Roster?
• Ask them what section they are registered for
• Have them complete safety training.
• Have them fill out compliance & medical
forms.
– Make sure they put the section they are supposed
to be in on the compliance form or write
“waitlisted” if waitlisted
• Have the students not on the roster leave the
lab before allowing the students whose names
are on the roster to check into lab drawers.
Student Attendance
Account for all students!
Take attendance using the computer attendance
program
Checking into Drawers
• Only assign drawers to students who are on the computer
roster
– Write “wait listed” on those student’s compliance form
who are not on your computer roster
• Have students check their drawer for completeness. This
means take everything out and put back only what is on
the equipment list. When finished:
– Collect the compliance forms
– Immediately following class take ALL compliance forms
to the stockroom.
Compliance Forms
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Each student must fill one out with their names written legibly!
Forms are a permanent record that are kept for 7 years
Must be proper and complete
Plagiarism policy must be signed and dated
Failure to complete properly results in student being unable to be
marked present in subsequent labs
• Send student to stockroom to fix problems indicated by the
attendance program immediately
• Student names would be highlighted in orange
• TA’s must review compliance forms and assure that students
understand all elements on the form. (This is to assure student
understanding )
• Please remember to sign all compliance forms!
Plagiarism Forms
• There are now two copies of the plagiarism form.
• One is the department copy and the other is the
student copy. They are different colors!
• The department copy is on the back of compliance form
• Make sure that you do not give the stockroom the
student’s copy of the plagiarism policy. This is for
them to reference.
• Encourage them to hold on to it so they are fully
aware of our policy.
Note: account hold
This is the
department copy of
the plagiarism form.
Make sure that this
one comes back to
the stockroom after
check-in!
This is the student copy
of the plagiarism
form. Note it is a
different color.
Encourage them to
keep these forms so
that they are aware
of the policy.
Compliance Forms
Quick Quiz!
What is the mistake on the following forms?
No Pencil!
Ink must be used!
Reporting M/B Equipment
If an item is found missing or broken within first 30min
of Lab.
– Check to make sure item really is missing or broken
• This is very important because of the billing process
– Fill out MISSING/BROKEN request form online
– Student must come to the stockroom immediately for a
new item
– In this situation the student will not be charged for said
missing/broken item as they have not used equipment yet.
* TA should check all communal equipment in the lab for breakage
prior to the lab class. Be observant during your lab class and report
any breakage of communal equipment to the Stockroom (provide
the student name and ID # and description of broken equipment).
Avoiding Theft from Student Drawers
Remind 226, 292 & 425 students they need a lock
immediately
– Students are responsible for buying their own locks
Rooms 101, 150, 151,160, 161,163, 165 and Morrill labs
– Remind all students to lock their drawers
– They will be held responsible for the contents of the
drawers.
– All drawers have combination locks and students
should be given the combination during check-in
– Combinations to all in-use drawers can be found in TA
Book located in the TA drawer.
Student Safety Training
• To ensure that Students fully understand and
comply with our safety policies they will need
to pass our online safety quiz.
Stockroom Policies
• Stockroom Hours are 8am -5pm (Mon and Wed 8am to 8pm)
– If something is broken after 5pm, TA should still report via the online system
(also e-mail the stockroom) and the stockroom will replace item the following
morning and bill appropriate student
• The stockroom does not accept cash
– Remind students that cash is only used during your graduate student sale of
the safety eyewear.
– Remind students to put money on their RAM account.
• See departmental policies or stockroom web page on how to do this
• Billing for broken/missing items will be posted via stockroom
webpage.
– Periodically show the bill list to the students
– Students receive a registration hold on their “e-campus account” if their bill(s)
are not paid
TA HOMEWORK!
1. Review the stockroom website
2. Review Safety training materials
(departmental compliance, safety video
questions etc.)
3. Take the Student’s online safety training quiz at
www. chm.uri.edu/safety/
4. Take the TA online safety training quiz at
www.chm.uri.edu/safety/
5. Practice using the Attendance Program at:
www.chm.uri.edu/tademo
(password: showme)