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No extra garments or personal items in the Change Room or Cleanroom Umbrellas Jackets Bags or Purses

If you need to bring any personal items to the Cleanroom or Change room. Please keep them in a clear pack such as the ones found in the Link , you'll need to purchase your own.

No unapproved chemicals or materials. You may bring in Labware, Approved

Chemicals, metal sources, or targets . Do Not hold the lab door or change

room open .

To Gown Up use: Foot covers (booties)

Sit Down while putting your booties on. Hair net (hair tied up in net) A Lab coat or bunny suit

(Must use bunny if wearing shorts) Safety Glasses Gloves No open-toe shoes or sandals Do not gown/Un-gown on tacky mats

All chemicals must be approved and have a MSDS in the clean room database

All approved factory chemical bottles brought into the Clean Room must have a Columbia Bar Code on the container with the Clean Room as the destination storage place

All chemicals and beakers must be labeled Chemical name (no formulas) Your full name “In Use date” ( The date the chemical

first placed in service) Your group (PI)

Chemicals with “In Use date” of one year or greater will be disposed.

All chemical containers must be self standing.

All chemicals must be stored in the appropriate storage containers

Do not store different classifications of chemicals in the same storage container

The clean room will provide labeled waste containers.

Add only these chemicals to the corresponding waste container. These are known stable mixtures.

Under no circumstance should anyone modify a waste container label.

If your chemical or chemical mixture is not one that has been provided, you will need to create your own label for a new container. This should be sent for waste disposal upon completion of use.

No use of cell phones while working on equipment

Must wear gloves and glasses (microscope exception for glasses)

Do not adjust gas pressures on regulators

Do not leave equipment while in use

Do not modify the Tools in anyway

Abide by the specific training guidelines for that specific tool (If you are unsure, please ask)

Do not leave personal or group (PI) materials out on tables or by tools

Report all equipment problems whether it’s logged into log book or not e-mail or call CleanRoom staff

Completely fill out log book Remember to log-out the tool when

finished

All resist bottles are located and available in the refrigerator.

Label individual usage bottles with Name and “In Use date”.

Clean photo resist spinners after each use

Do not pour chemicals down the drain Rinse empty chemical containers out three

times Mark rinsed containers with a 3X and place on

Chemical Waste Table All waste containers must have a

‘CHEMICAL/HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR DISPOSAL’ label filled out at their origin

Chemical waste must be stored in the proper container compatible that specific chemical

Piranha, NanoStrip, HF, and BOE cannot be collected in glass containers

Do not use bar coded factory bottles as waste containers

Store all waste containers in their properly labeled cabinets

Do not let waste containers get completely full before starting a new Container (about 2/3 full)

Add only cooled piranha to the waste container

Remove funnels when done pouring waste, secure the appropriate lid properly, and store the waste container in the appropriate cabinet , do not hold the lid, hold the handle.

Working alone with chemicals in the cleanroom is not permissible.

There should be at least one observer in the lab who is aware of the wet chemistry work when it is happening. Additionally, a C14 qualified person must be present on the floor during the time of chemical handling.

There is no ‘afterhours’ wet chemistry work. Normal hours of operation for the cleanroom are Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm (unless closed for site holiday). All other hours re considered ‘afterhours’.

Other than chemical operations, working alone is an acceptable practice providing the worker has been C14 qualified. It is recommended that workers who are alone in the lab have a cell phone on them and maintain regular contact with an individual who is outside of the laboratory.

You do not work alone, be considerate of your co-workers

Clean your materials, tools, chemicals, and equipment up when you are finished with your work

Do not go into other group’s storage areas Do not use other people’s or group’s

glassware, tools, chemicals, etc…..