Emergency Information
Emergency Information
1. Emergency Phone List handled by MIC office – contact Liz Hupp for further details – 924-1947 or ehh2e@virginia.edu
Procedures below (2-5) can serve as guidlelines for labs:
2. Post in your lab on Bulletin Board
Fire Safety Regulations
Download the UVA Fire Safety Brochure here
Sample of Disaster-Recovery Plan for Labs – post/file copy of this in your lab
3. Be Familiar with the following Requirements
School of Medicine Environmental Health and Safety Checklist for Laboratories
Overview of safety issues associated with research areas
4. Required Training
Research Compliance Training https://med.virginia.edu/office-for-research/policies-governing-research/compliance-and-training/
Check to see which training is completed https://vprgsecure.web.virginia.edu/oehs/training/secure_training_home.cfm
5. Other
As a basic lab policy each lab person should know:
- Location of lab notebooks and disaster recovery plan for lab
- Location of the BSL and radioactive material usage procedures
- Who within each lab monitors required laboratory training of each employee and the respective documentation (EHS training, ACUC training, etc.)
- Signs on cold rooms, manuals for BSL rooms, etc. – (Update and keep current)
- Ensure no extension cords are in use
- No electric cords are frayed
- No cardboard of flammables are touching the ceiling – no objects too close to sprinklers