Technical Services

Procedures

1. Administration

1.1 Procurement and Supply of Goods and Services

1.2 Telephones

2. Occupational Heath and Safety
2.1 Laboratory Safety Rules

2.2 Personal Protective Equipment

2.3 First Aid Kits and Safety Cabinets

2.4 Safety Showers and Eyewash (under review)

2.5 Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory

2.6 Waste Management (under review)

2.6.1 Chemical Waste

2.6.2 Biological Waste

2.6.3 Microbiological Waste

2.6.4 AQIS Waste

2.6.5 General and Recyclable Waste

3. Technical Operations

3.1 Aqua Yard Fish Feeding and Pond Maintenance

3.2 Shadehouses

3.2.1 Teaching Shadehouse

3.2.2 Research Shadehouses

3.3 Laboratory Cleaning and Restocking (under review)

3.4 AQIS - Dealing with Quarantine Materials

3.5 Liquid Nitrogen Handling

3.6 Field Store Loans

3.7 Museum Loans

3.8 Preparation of Media

3.9 Gas Storage, Handling and Cage Maintenance (under review)

4. Chemical Management

4.1 Chemical Labelling and Storage

4.2 Hazardous Chemicals

4.2.1 Perchloric Acid

4.2.2 Hydrofluoric Acid (no longer used)

4.2.3 Radiation Safety

4.3 Scheduled Poisons (under review)

5. Equipment

5.1 Equipment Repairs and Faults

5.2 Piston Pipettes

5.3 pH Meters

5.4 Balances (under review)

5.5 Spectrophotometers (includes Hitachi, Varian Cary, Varian DMS100)

5.6 Water Purification Systems

5.7 Autoclaves (under review)

5.7.1 Priorclave

5.7.2 Labec

5.7.3 Quality Control

5.8 Research Microscope Facility

5.9 Communication Devices

5.10 Boats, Quads and Trailers (under review)

5.11 Fume Cupboards and Recirculating Fume Cabinets

5.12 Laminar Flow and Biohazard Cabinets