This is information describing safety features for Building 469 room 144 in the NCI campus at Fort Detrick, MD.

• There are two fire extinguishers by the door and one just outside the door. There is another extinguisher in the hall across from Trish's office, on the left side of the exit door (on the right side of the hall as you approach).
• Fire alarms are out in the hall. There are three pull alarm locations nearby:
  1. Across from Trish's office, Room 166
  2. Just inside the south east exit of building 469 to the right of the door on the same wall as the card reader.
  3. In the hallway to the left of the door that leads to the bathrooms
  All are near exit doors.
• Fire blankets are by the door. There are two kinds: one for people and one for computers.
• In a medical emergency dial 911
• There is an eye wash station at the sink. Remove the red caps, turn on water and pull the metal button.
• There is a first aid kit in the top drawer to the right of the sink.
• Food and drink are not supposed to be in the lab.
• Shoes are required. Open shoes could let broken glass hit your feet.
• Acrylamide is a neuro-toxin. It can make you go numb. Don't touch acrylamide gels and do not leave any acrylamide messes around.
• Ethidium bromide is a carcinogen. Don't touch agarose gels.
• The sterile flow hood keeps everything inside of it sterile, please don't turn the air flow off.

• NCI-Frederick Occupational Health Services, and Safety & Environmental Protection Program
• Safety Grams
• Safety Compliance Manual, Safety Compliance Manual (pdf)
• General Laboratory Safety at NCI-Frecerick
• Recombinant DNA

Schneider Lab
origin: 1998 July 8
updated: 2003 June 23