Inspections

Quarter 2 2008 Self-Inspection:
Emergency Planning for Laboratories

The health and safety topic for all laboratory research staff in the School of Medicine to review this quarter is EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR LABORATORIES. Please complete the Self-Inspection process for this quarter by June 30, 2008.

Emergency planning is essential to any organization. It increases our ability to effectively respond to and recovery from a myriad of emergencies including earthquakes, fires, floods, infectious disease outbreaks, power outages, etc. Within the School of Medicine, emergency planning needs to occur at all organizational levels (school-wide, department, division and laboratory). By preparing at all levels, the School of Medicine's resiliency during and after emergencies is enhanced.

Training on emergency procedures is a key component to laboratory preparedness. All laboratory personnel should be aware of basic emergency procedures (such as evacuation and emergency notification) contained within each department's emergency plan. An effective emergency plan is not a 'shelf warmer'. It is a document known and understood by all personnel in the organization.

Use this opportunity to determine, if your laboratory personnel know the basic information contained in your department's emergency plan. Do they know who to call in case of emergency? Do they know where your Emergency Assembly Point is located? Do they know how to shut down important equipment or what to do with valuable specimens? Training and awareness among all personnel is key to continuing our important mission after a major emergency.

      http://med.stanford.edu/somsafety/inspections/topicQ208.html

Fire Safety Inspection
Fairchild Science Building

Stanford Fire Marshal's Office will conduct a Fire Safety Inspection at the Fairchild Science Building (07-520) on June 18 - 19.

  > Please be prepared to be inspected on ANY of the dates

  > SUFMO will check fire safety and hazardous materials storage items.

  > Check flammable and corrosive cabinets and areas where you are storing flammables. Place corrosives and oxidizers in separate cabinets or storage locations.

  > Make sure that the cabinet is appropriately labeled; i.e. blue corrosive cabinet is used for corrosive storage and yellow flam cabinets have ONLY flammable liquids.

For questions or additional information regarding the upcoming inspection, please contact your CAP team member Karla Cassady, our office at 723-0110 or check the Health and Safety Programs website for fire safety and
hazardous materials inspections preparation checklists!

Fire Safety Inspection
Clark Center

Stanford Fire Marshal's Office is conducting a Fire Safety Inspection at the Clark Center.

We have completed a site walk-through of the South and East pods and will continue in the West and Basement areas this week.

Quarter 1 2008 Self-Inspection:
Verify & Update Training Records

This quarter's self-inspection special topic focus is reviewing lab safety training requirements and related special training. As you know, keeping abreast of training requirements for laboratory workers is a critical safety and compliance issue.

The special topic for the quarter is a review and check of required training for laboratory workers.

Although you and your colleagues may be familiar with and up-to-date on the basic chemical, biological, and radiological training requirements, please also focus on some of the more specialized requirements such as shipping with dry ice, hazardous materials shipping in general, laser safety training, and specialized equipment and procedure training.

PAFD Hazardous Materials Inspection

The Palo Alto Fire Department will be conducting a hazardous materials inspection on 2/13, 2/19 or 2/20 in the Alway, Lane, Edwards, Falk (CVRB), 701B Welch, 800 Welch, and 801 Welch buildings.

  > Please be prepared to be inspected on ANY of the dates

  > PAFD is looking carefully at chemical storage and segregation of incompatible materials.

  > Check flammable and corrosive cabinets and areas where you are storing flammables. Place corrosives and oxidizers in separate cabinets or storage locations.

  > Make sure that the cabinet is appropriately labeled; i.e. blue corrosive cabinet is used for corrosive storage and yellow flam cabinets have ONLY flammable liquids.

For questions or additional information regarding the upcoming inspection, please contact your CAP team member, our office at 723-0110 or check the Health and Safety Programs website!

Quarter 4 Self-Inspections

Don't forget to complete Quarter 4 Lab and Shop Inspection Checklists by December 31, 2007. The special quarterly topic for this quarter is,"Safe Lab Practices."

Return completed checklists for ALL rooms storing or using chemicals to your DEPARTMENT SAFETY CONTACT.

* Additional Information: http://med.stanford.edu/somsafety/inspections/selfinspforms07.html

* Returned Department Summary Forms (Secure site requiring SUnet ID:
http://med.stanford.edu/somsafety/secure/2007SelfInsp.html