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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:00:39 -0400
Reply-To: "Hadden, Susan [PRDUS]" <SHADDEN**At_Symbol_Here**ITS.JNJ.COM>
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From: "Hadden, Susan [PRDUS]" <SHADDEN**At_Symbol_Here**ITS.JNJ.COM>
Subject: FW: [DCHAS-L] Best Practices for Students in Industrial Labs
Forgive me for revisiting this topic.
I am interested in learning how other INDUSTRIAL sites manage the issue
of visiting minors in labs. If anyone from an industrial environment
would like to share their programs (summary only is fine) or their
challenges, I would appreciate the info.
(Not intending to discriminate against academia but you're sort of
designed to handle this population.)
-----Original Message-----
From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu]On Behalf Of
Laurence Doemeny
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:08 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Best Practices for Students in Industrial Labs
Here is how NIH does it:
Here is their general web site:
http://dohs.ors.od.nih.gov/student_labtraining.htm
and the link that has information on restrictions:
http://dohs.ors.od.nih.gov/student_minors.htm
I would think that the institution where the student works would be
required
to take that institution's safety training before being allowed to work
in
the laboratory.
-----Original Message-----
From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of
Dr.
Jay A. Young
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:11 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Best Practices for Students in Industrial Labs
Ralph,
The ACS program, "Project Seed" specifically allows, and pays a small
salary
to students who help out, and learn some chemistry, in real labs under
the
supervision of an experienced mentor. The basic idea is two-fold, help
deserving students earn a little money and perhaps recruit new minds
into
becoming candidates for the next Nobel in chemistry.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Stuart"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:30 AM
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Best Practices for Students in Industrial Labs
>A DCHAS-L member who preferred to ask this question anonymously asked
me
>to post this...
>
> - Ralph
>
> Our industrial laboratory has previously allowed high school students
> (under age 18) to shadow researchers in the laboratory. The parents
must
> sign a release form to allow emergency medical treatment and disclose
any
> prescription medications the student is currently taking. There is a
> lengthy and serious safety presentation with the students and their
> mentors prior to entering the lab. The students are allowed to
observe
> low risk experiments, e.g., room temperature reactions, pipeting
non-BBP
> materials into multi-well plates, use of microscopes and surface
analysis
> equipment and HPLC's, etc. The students are not allowed into high
hazard
> areas such as hazardous drug labs or to observe experiments that
involve
> pyrophoric reagents (hydrides, etc.). The mentor must accompany the
> student in the laboratory 100% of the time.
>
> We have had a recent request from management to allow a high school
> student (< 18 years old) to actually conduct experiments in our
research
> laboratory during the summer. Do any industrial labs allow high
school
> students to participate in a summer research project? What are the
> limitations? Do you have any guidelines to share?
>
> We have considered having a local university allow the student to work
in
> their lab and our company sponsor the project.
>
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