Hello DCHAS group,

I have learned  a lot from this group.  Thank you!  I would like to ask how your institution deals with PPE.

In most of our buildings, the lab areas are not contiguous. So, researchers, will travel from one lab room to another wearing their PPE in the hallways (primarily research spaces, not classroom areas)  They do not wear gloves when touching door handles or elevator buttons. 

Graduate students also must carry waste from their lab down to our waste rooms on the 1^st floor of the building.  When elevator travel is necessary, they use the freight elevators.   

 Another department in one of our buildings does not want our students to wear PPE when transporting waste or other chemicals from one space to another. Our students know not to go into the lobby, bathroom, lunchrooms, and other common areas when wearing PPE.

 How do you handle a situation like this at your institution?  This is the first time that I have ran into this issue in a chemistry department and want feedback from other academic institutions.  Feel free to email me at my work email address:  moore.4061**At_Symbol_Here**osu.edu

 

Amy

 

 

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