[labnetwork] safety shower kit
Mary Tang
mtang at stanford.edu
Sat Dec 3 12:22:47 EST 2016
Hi Iulian -
You bring up a couple of excellent points. While we don't have a kit in
our lab, we've had at each shower, a disposable cleanroom suit in a bag
labeled "Modesty covering" and the showers have curtains. Particularly
with the diverse communities we have, it's important to recognize
individual social/gender barriers which can prevent appropriate action
from being taken. This was brought home by an industrial accident I'd
helped review years ago where a hot phosphoric tank "blew up" (when 185
C was the norm - a superheated water layer suddenly inverted as the
operator removed a cassette of wafers, resulted in a geyser.) The
emergency shower had no curtain so the unfortunate operator fought off
all attempts to help remove affected clothing...
We also have hospital scrubs in a variety of sizes kept in plastic bags
in our "spill cart" which is in an adjacent "gray" area of the lab,
accessible from the cleanroom. (Now that you mention it, I think we
should also include towels.) And in the event that a safety shower is
used or warranted, all cleanroom protocols go out the window.
Mary
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Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
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mtang at stanford.edu
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On 12/2/2016 3:04 PM, Iulian Codreanu wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I have been thinking about assembling a safety shower kit; things like
> blankets and towels come to mind. My understanding is that materials
> that are cleanroom compatible are not very absorbent; a compromise
> between cleanliness and absorbance may be the way to go. I would like
> to learn what you make available to your folks in the event that a
> safety shower is used.
>
> Thank you very much for your consideration and input,
>
> Iulian
>
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