Radiation Safety
This citation applies when a Lab has incomplete Appendix D forms for radioactive material vials
What is A3a?
These must be available (hard copy in lab or via online access) for all hazardous chemicals used or stored in a lab.
What are Safety Data Sheets (SDS)?
These are used on a weekly basis to confirm that an autoclave is properly sterilizing bio-hazard waste.
What is a biological indicator?
This citation applies when a lab has a refrigerator stored in front of an electrical panel.
What is J4c?
This citation is used when a lab has not generated a waste form for their radioactive waste box.
What is C1b?
Monthly radioactive material inventories must be completed by this day of the month.
What is the 15th?
This citation is used when Acids and Bases are stored together.
What is B12a?
All laboratory personnel working with hazardous biological materials must have access to the most current version of this manual (hard copy or online link).
What is the Biological Safety Manual?
The maximum quantity of flammable or combustible chemicals permitted to be stored openly in a laboratory.
What is 10 gallons?
Maximum accumulation time for chemical wastes.
What is one year?
Units required to be used for documentation of removable contamination during a monthly Authorized User survey
What is DPM?
This citation applies for glass bottles of formalin found under a work bench (with no secondary container).
What is B12e?
A puncture resistant outer container, lined with an orange autoclave bag and a bio-hazard symbol, is required to store these.
What are pipettes?
The maximum quantity of flammable/combustible chemicals allowed in flammable storage cabinet.
What is 30 gallons?
This citation applies when a lab has left their bio-hazard waste bags on the floor of the cold room until the autoclave is repaired.
What is G1?
The removable contamination action level for non radiation work areas.
What is 600 DPM?
This citation applies when Methanol or Ethanol is stored in a cold room.
What is B12i?
This citation applies when a biological safety cabinet requiring annual certification (i.e. when cultured or concentrated pathogens that necessitate BSL-2 containment are used) is not being certified.
What is B7a?
This citation applies for damaged or frayed apparatus electrical cords.
What is J4a?
This act and subpart provide the framework for UNC's chemical waste management program.
What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), subpart K?
Maximum permissible dose rate (at 30 cms) for general laboratory work areas.
What is 2 mRem/hr?
These 3 things are required for compressed gas cylinders.
What is a support, a label, and a cap.
Biological waste collection containers must have these three characteristics.
What is red, hard-walled and closable?
This citation applies when a lab has a freezer blocking access to the fire extinguishers.
What is J2a?
These 3 things must be on the label for all chemical wastes.
What is Accumulation Start Date, "Unwanted Material" and words that describe the contents, and if the chemicals are USED or UNUSED?