ESE stops research twice per year to clean up the lab. The cleanup day focuses on cleaning community and personal areas and updating the inventory of personally owned hazardous chemicals.

Cleanup Participation 

Lab leadership expects all ESE personnel to participate in the cleanup day.  We will take attendance at the beginning of the cleanup day. Absences require prior approval from your supervisor.  Notify Will Toomey if your absence is approved.

Bi-Annual Chemical Inventory

Lab Ops maintains the hazardous chemical inventory on CMS throughout the year for all communal chemicals. However, researchers are responsible for maintaining their personal hazardous chemical inventory. Once per year, ESE researchers will conduct an Inventory of personal hazardous chemicals during Cleanup Day. During the Inventory, the following will occur:

• • Researchers will form teams with others that sit nearby

  • Researchers will account for all chemicals that list them as the primary user. Chemicals that have been used up will be removed from CMS if they have not been already

  • Teams will search through the personal lab bench space of each researcher on their team and verify that all hazardous chemicals are listed on CMS and that the information is correct on CMS

  • Teams will search through the personal cold storage spaces of each member of the team and verify that all hazardous chemicals are listed on CMS and that the information is correct

  • Any chemicals that are deemed old or no longer needed will be requisitioned

The following guidelines apply during the inventory:

• • Chemicals are hazardous if it has a GHS pictogram or is otherwise known to be hazardous

  • Inventory is conducted for primary containers only. Secondary containers are not registered into CMS.

  • Reagent Kits are not registered in CMS

  • All hazardous chemicals must have a primary user listed in CMS

  • Chemical names should exactly match the name printed on the container

  • The CAS number, chemical phase, and container volumes must be correct