Lab Safety
All laboratory personnel in the Center for Immunology must receive training and follow lab safety guidelines.
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- Full list of required training for new employees
- CFI lab-specific training
- Building Access
- RAR training and access (go to Required Training and follow ALL links)
Required training for lab safety
- Safety in the Research Lab (UHS660), required for all new and current UMN employees, visitors, and volunteers working in research areas. Note: This training is optional for individuals doing purely theoretical, computational, or computer modeling research.
- Chemical Waste Management, no longer required for researchers, but it is strongly recommended that you review this training module
- Biological Safety in the Laboratory
- Biological and Infectious Waste
- Bloodborne Pathogens Annual OSHA Requirement
- Chemical Waste Management (UHS652)
- Example of a Lab Safety Plan
- Formaldehyde (UHS654)
- Introduction to Research Safety
- Lab specific training
- Radiation Safety for Radioactive Material Users (UHS302)
- Respiratory Protection (UHS 514)
- Finding your training transcript prior to June 2018
Lab safety resources
- Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
- Prudent Practices in the Laboratory
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
- Laboratory Audit Checklist
- Institutional Biosafety Committee
- Hazardous Chemical Waste Management Guidebook
- Reporting and Managing a Laboratory Injury
- Reporting an Incident Involving a Potentially Hazardous Biological Agent
- Radioactive Waste Manual
- Office of Occupational Health and Safety
- Laboratory Safety Information
- Hazardous Waste Labeling for Non-Manufacturer Containers
Employee Transit Pass
All Twin Cities benefits-eligible faculty and staff can receive unlimited access to all transit systems in the Twin Cities metro area—all on your U Card.
Rides on the NorthStar require a small supplemental fare for each ride beyond a certain point.
Employees with 75-100% appointments will receive the Employee Transit Pass (ETP) at no additional cost. Employees with 50-74% appointments who are eligible for benefits but no contributions from the University may opt-in at their cost via a pretax payroll deduction.
Emergency contacts
For non-urgent maintenance requests: complete this form.
Occupants of Research Building Management Services (RBMS) managed buildings should fill out a non-urgent work request form. If your request is urgent (floods, alarms, card reader doors, etc.), follow the protocol on the contact page.
To Request Services, Call, Email or use our Non-Emergency Online Self Service: (612) 624-2900
For urgent matters/emergencies
If there is a problem with the building’s physical plant, any building system, or the area around the building, please contact RFSS.
Information desk:
612-626-5258
Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday
[email protected]
Facility Coordinator:
James Gladney, 612-301-5884
[email protected]
For after-hours assistance
Please contact our after hours cell phone: 763-760-4794
Radiation and Chemical Spills:
- During business hours call 612-626-6002.
- After business hours call 911 from a University phone.
For more information about research facility support at the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center, visit Research Facility Support Services (RFSS)