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===DON'Ts=== | ===DON'Ts=== | ||
* Don’t EVER COMPROMISE SAFETY! | * Don’t EVER COMPROMISE SAFETY! | ||
* Don’t Be too shy to ASK QUESTIONS | * Don’t Be too shy to ASK QUESTIONS. | ||
* Don’t Start something without THINKING about what you’re doing | * Don’t Start something without THINKING about what you’re doing | ||
* Don’t Use a MACHINE without having received training on it. | * Don’t Use a MACHINE without having received training on it. | ||
* Don’t POUR hazardous or unknown chemicals down the sink. | * Don’t POUR hazardous or unknown chemicals down the sink. What can be poured down the sink is written on a sheet next to the sink. | ||
* Don’t | * Don’t pour MOLTEN AGAR down the sink as this clog the pipes below the sink. | ||
* Don’t make a MESS of communal space such as refrigerators | |||
* Don’t put SHARPS in the Biowaste, because they’ll make holes in the plastic, causing molten agar to leak through when autoclaving | |||
* Don’t autoclave in the “kitchen”, during the kitchen working hours (~6am-2pm). Do not leave autoclaved material in the kitchen autoclaved overnight. | |||
* Don’t leave a door to a cold or warm room OPEN. | |||
* Don’t IGNORE equipment alarms | * Don’t IGNORE equipment alarms | ||
* Don’t USE master stocks other than your own without permission. | * Don’t USE master stocks other than your own without permission, especially not lab ANTIBIOTICS. | ||
* Don’t | * Do not hold on to FLASKS or bottles for long after your’re done with them. Instead, when you are done with flasks/bottles, BLEACH them (if you used them to grow cultures) and put them in the metal tray near the sink so they can go back into circulation. | ||
* Don’t just DUMP your biohazard waste into other people’s waste bins and then not clean it up. | |||
* Don’t leave your stuff lying around in other people’s areas. | |||
* Don’t EAT/DRINK in lab (go to the tea room to eat lunch and hang out). | * Don’t EAT/DRINK in lab (go to the tea room to eat lunch and hang out). | ||
* Don’t PLAY | * Don’t PLAY MUSIC out loud (not everyone likes your taste). | ||
* Don’t DATE people you work with.* | * Don’t DATE people you work with.* | ||
