Laboratory Safety

At a glance… 

  1. Biological safety, chemicals and toxic substances, radiation safety, electromagnetic field safety
  2. User interaction and identification of user needs
  3. Definition of working procedures and user training
  4. Contact with relevant authorities
  5. Monitor compliance

Contact

Julia

 

Julia

BIOLOGICAL SAFETY
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
RADIATION SAFETY

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Jan

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SAFETY
LASER SAFETY

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General lab safety

Before you are allowed to work in a lab you have to read the general lab guideline, join the safety briefing for newcomers and get a lab specific safety training from a lab member.

Biosafety Level (BSL) 2

Work with RG2 organism in a BSL2 lab:

BSL2 labs are access restricted. To get access with your card you have to request a BSL2 training from LSF.

GMO documentation sheet for your personal lab book:

TEMPLATE_Records of works with GMOs_Version_3.0_ISTA

New projects with risk group 2 biological material or work with radioactive substance:

Inform LSF as early as possible. LSF has to check the legal obligations for your project!

Toxic Substances

The receipt of toxic substances have to be documented in the chemical database ChemInventory.

Toxic substances have to stored in a looked cupboard labeled with the danger sign for toxics  (GHS 06) and the telefon number of the poison information center.

Toxic bulk chemicals are defined by the User’s Group and cannot be chosen by individual labs.

At the moment these are

  • Methanol
  • Chloroform
  • Chloroform d

In order to access the MSDS, please follow this link:

  1. https://seafile.ist.ac.at/#org/

2. Press “Single Sign-on”

3. Labsafety > MSDS in English and German version available

Radioactive Substances

If you plan to work with a radioactive substance please get in contact with LSF.

The legal obligations have to be checked. This can take up to 6 months to get an approval from the authorities.

Radioactive substances are only ordered by LSF.

Shipping of Biological/GMO Material

If you want to ship biological/GMO material please use the Labshipment tool: https://labshipment.app.ist.ac.at/shipments/new

Confirmation for veterinary import into Austria

Find all safety guidelines here!

  • General Laboratory Safety Guideline
  • Biosafety Level 2 Guideline
  • Lab guideline short
  • Toxic Substances SOP
  • Access to Electromagnetic field areas

You need a safety training? Follow this link!