Lab Safety
All laboratory personnel in the Center for Immunology must receive training and follow lab safety guidelines.
New to the Academic Health Center? Find tips and resources for new employees.
- Full list of required training for new employees
- Building Access
- RAR training and access (go to Required Training and follow ALL links)
Required training for lab safety
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
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.
Emergency:
During business hours (Mon-Fri 8am-4pm)
- Step 1 - Call the appropriate Info Desks (WMBB: 6-5258) - (no answer move to step 2)
- Step 2 - Call the appropriate building coordinators (Sam Schroeder 612-301-5884, rbmsbddw@umn.edu) - (no answer move to step 3)
- Step 3 - Call the RBMS On Call Phone (763-760-4794) -(no answer move to step 4)
- Step 4 - Call Daryl Lawrence (office, 612-625-9544, or cell 612-323-8362) - (after 20 minutes without an answer move to step 5)
- Step 5 - Call Cheryl Miller (cell: 651-769-4664)
After hours (4:30pm-7:30am and weekends); start at step 3.
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 and Building Management Services.