Safety at DTU Nanolab building 314/307

At DTU Nanolab, we are interested in the safety of both, our employees and our users. As we are a multiuser facility, we need to establish working procedures to provide the best possible safety for our working environment. These are based on general safety procedures, EU regulations, and procedures we identified to be important for our working environment.

Each user of our facility is expected to comply to these safety rules. The information is handed out to each new users and can be found here.

General safety at DTU

DTU has a number of general rules and guidelines for how to work safely at university. These rules and safety conditions must be met for all employees and students. These are also the basis for DTU Nanolabs Overall Risk Assessment. Every user should be aware of these general guidelines.

General DTU guideline for work in the lab

Evacuation procedure at DTU

Nanoparticles

DTU also has some specific guidelines for handling nanopartiles on campus. These are the basis of the local risk assessment at DTU Nanolab. As an user of DTU Nanolab, you should already be aware of these guidelines from the work at your own lab.

Nanoparticles at DTU (in general)

Overall Risk Assessment for DTU Nanolab - building 314/307

DTU Nanolab - building 314/307 Overall Risk Assessment (ORA) gives the framework for the procedures for a safe work environment in our labs. It outlines which kind of materials and chemicals are allowed, what is needed to bring them to the labs, and how in general they are handled.

For individual chemicals, processes and equipment, revelant individual risk assessments (RA) are either available or need to be prepared prior to the work at the labs. If individal risk assessments are already available, they need to be reviewed and evaluated according to the actual work prior to entering the labs. If they don't fully cover all risk or fit the intendet work, the RA either needs be adapted or newly prepared. In these cases, get in contact with the relevant safety representative for DTU Nanolab - building 314/307.

To simplify the process for the user to evaluate what kind of risk assessment is needed for their sample and work, we created a flow chart which can be followed. It indicates if a new individual risk assessment is definitely need, or if a pre-prepared one can be reviewed.

Further information

The University of Copenhagen (KU) has prepared a number of interactive videos covering several aspects of laboratory work. These come together with short quizzes to self-test your knowledge. These materials are ideal for further self-study.

KU lab safety for students