Cluster for Molecular Chemistry
Information & Safety Manual
Molecular Chemistry Cluster October 2019
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Contents
Organization of the Molecular Chemistry Cluster
Management
Address
Secretaries
Supporting personnel
Safety Committee and Stewards, PAM-mers, Laboratory Rooms
First aid (EHBO)
Useful Information
Check in
Basics
Illness
Environment, Health and Safety
Ordering Chemicals
Computers
List of instrumentation
Check out
Disclaimer
Safety regulations
1.
Introduction
2.
General safety
2.1.
Important rules
2.2.
Organization of Safety
2.3.
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
2.4.
Order, tidiness and hygiene
2.5.
Orientation in the laboratories
2.6.
Working alone, working outside regular working hours
2.7.
End of the working day, night-time experiments
3.
Hazardous substances
3.1.
Preparing an experiment
3.2.
Health risks
3.3.
Threshold limits
3.4.
Storage of chemicals
3.5.
Waste
3.6.
Compressed gases
3.7.
Hazardous gases
3.7.1.
Working with HF
3.7.2.
Working with Cyanides
3.8.
Cryogenic liquids
3.8.1.
How to safely handle a cold trap
3.9.
Chromatography columns
3.10.
Distillation
3.11.
Cleaning glass filters
3.12.
Autoclaves
3.13.
Biochemistry
3.13.1.
Ethidium bromide
3.13.2.
Acrylamide
3.13.3.
Organic solvents
4.
Faults, fire and accidents:
4.1.
General
4.2.
Guidelines in case of a power failure
4.3.
Guidelines in case of chemical spills
4.4.
Guidelines for accidents
4.5.
Guidelines in the event of fire
4.6.
Guidelines for evacuation
5.
Important information
5.1.
List of abbreviations
5.2.
Important internet links
Appendices
Breakthrough times for various glove materials
Flow diagram for liquid waste from laboratories
Check list for new members of the Molecular Chemistry Cluster
Check list for leaving members of the Molecular Chemistry Cluster