Team:AUC TURKEY/Safety
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3. '''Is there a local biosafety group, committee, or review board at your institution?''' | 3. '''Is there a local biosafety group, committee, or review board at your institution?''' | ||
- | Our institution has its own biosafety rules. Rules for laboratory use, general principles, prevention from hazardous materials and application of emergency intervention in case of accident are included | + | Our institution has its own biosafety rules. Rules for laboratory use, general principles, prevention from hazardous materials and application of emergency intervention in case of accident are included. In Turgut Ozal University Medical School, Laboratory and Patient-Employee Safety Committee is responsible for control as well as biosafety of laboratories and safety of patients and employees. This committee works under one of the vice medical director of Turgut Ozal University Hospital, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gunduz. Safety and security issues are found sufficient enough that no change is considered as necessary. ''(Further questions can be directed to Prof. Gunduz, tel: +90-312-203 5103, mgunduz@fatih.edu.tr)'' |
Our advisor provided us with biosafety and lab training before starting our project. In the training, general safety rules of laboratory use, prevention from hazardous chemicals and solutions as well as emergency intervention in case of accident were included such as: | Our advisor provided us with biosafety and lab training before starting our project. In the training, general safety rules of laboratory use, prevention from hazardous chemicals and solutions as well as emergency intervention in case of accident were included such as: | ||
- | + | *Eating, drinking, storing food and smoking are absolutely not allowed. | |
- | + | *Mouth pipetting is not allowed; modern pipettes are used in lab. | |
- | + | *Hazardous wastes and ordinary wastes are separated and cautiously disposed. | |
- | + | *Lab coats are obligatory to wear in the lab and during on-going experiments. | |
- | + | *In electrophoresis room, lab coat, protective eyewear, lab masks and gloves have to be worn. In the case of use of '''EtBr'''; extra caution is required. | |
- | + | *Washing hands after any experiment and after touching anything related with viable material is obliged. | |
- | + | *Air conditioning is kept closed during on-going experiments in order to avoid possible infections of spores and bacteria. | |
- | Turkey has national biosafety regulations and the link is given as ''(http://www.tbbdm.gov.tr/Home/BioSafetyCouncilHome/BioSafetyCouncilHomeChoose.aspx)''. | + | Turkey has national biosafety regulations and the link is given as ''(http://www.tbbdm.gov.tr/en/Home/BioSafetyCouncilHome/BioSafetyCouncilHomeChoose.aspx)''. |
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