Hi Heike,
Thanks for starting this great discussion!
I have been fighting a battle with safety in the department as well. I am not
a fan of lab coats, but have the issue that there is also a direct infusion
Orbitrap and MALDI MS in the same room as the NMR. Does anyone have advice
on how to handle this combination?
Thanks,
Dr. Jessica M. Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instruction
NMR Facility Manager
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ohio University
245 Chemistry
Athens, OH 45701
740.593.0038
jroberts_at_ohio.edu
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On Aug 6, 2024 3:11 PM, "Heike Hofstetter via groups.io" wrote:
Gary,
I like the "shirt sleeve" requirement. Not sure I could enforce this here with
the students but that seems like a good way to take care of the lab coat issues...
Thanks for the info!
Heike
Dr. Heike Hofstetter
Director Magnetic Resonance
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1101 University Ave, Madison, Wi 53706
Tel; +1 608 262-7536
email: hofstetter_at_wisc.edu
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Hi All
Very much the same here from the other side of the pond. These are our local
expectations
1. The lab is a shirt sleeves environment unless you are working at the wet
bench or doing something hazardous [ie running our flow system or doing a
fill, then you need the required pie and should use a lab coat from the
facillity]
2. Bring your samples pre prepared
3. Make sure you hands are clean before you handle samples or spinners [to
keep junk out of the probe]
4. You can only eat and drink in the office not the nmr hall
regards
Gary
Dr Gary S Thompson NMR Facility Manager
CCPN CoI & Working Group Member
Wellcome Trust Biomolecular NMR Facility
School of Biosciences, Division of Natural Sciences
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT2 7NZ
01227 82 7117
g.s.thompson_at_kent.ac.uk
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On 6 Aug 2024, at 15:46, Alex Paterson via groups.io wrote:
Hi Heike,
If I had full dictatorial power, I'd be doing a lot of what Josh suggests.
Unfortunately, you know my situation.
The hills I'm dying on here are gloves and closed-toe shoes, which are the
two issues that actually have actually cropped up here.
- No gloves in the facility outside of the wet lab, unless you're cleaning
up a spill; in that case, you should be focused on the spill, not the computer.
- Closed-toe shoes everywhere inside the facility. I didn't think this would be a fight, and yet...
I strongly second Josh's prohibition on outside lab coats.
We don't require routine use of safety glasses, and I don't think there's a
compelling need for them unless you're in proximity to a cryogen fill, doing
SSNMR probe spinning diagnostics outside the magnet, or cleaning up the
aforementioned spill.
That said, I don't see any issue with someone wearing their own safety glasses
in the NMR space, I'm just not going to require it.
Josh, if you see this I'd be interested in your separate thread on safety signage,
we're in the process of updating ours.
Cheers,
Alex
Alexander Paterson, PhD
Scientist II | Department of Biochemistry
The National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
433 Babcock Dr, Room B160C | Madison, WI 53706
TEL: (608) 263-0017
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