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From: Monique Wilhelm <mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Freezer Back-up Contingency Plans
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:10:18 -0400
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
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Hi Debbie,
We have ours on backup and share critical, non-replaceable samples as backups in other depts in case just one goes out during a power surge or something. Having alarms that send an alert to someone (like Johnson Controls or something) is also a critical piece. I heard that my colleagues down in Ann Arbor lost a cold room full of samples for the whole Chem Dept this summer and some researchers lost many years' worth of crystal samples and such. They didn't have any alert systems. I was so glad that I wasn't involved in that one.
In addition to freezers, such alert systems are needed for NMR as losing power to the computer console can stop you from getting alerts directly from the system.
Best,
_________________________________________________________Monique WilhelmLab Manager
CAS, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry | The University of Michigan-Flint
303 E. Kearsley St | Room 572 MSB | Flint, MI | 48502-1950
Hi all
Power is a less reliable commodity right now in Northern California. There's been some discussion about how to support -80/-20 storage when power goes out but no campus-wide planning. Some buildings do have back up generator capacity but most
do not. There's also the local issue when an individual freezer goes down or needs defrosting or repair.
Has anyone developed any contingency plans or campus-wide resource for cold storage? I suppose it's not a true safety issue but loss of research materials is a grave risk. Some chemicals or synthesis products could become unstable upon loss
of cold storage.
Thoughts?
Debbie
Debbie M. Decker, ACS Fellow
Programming Co-Chair, DCHAS
916.616.7548
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