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<p>Please visit <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Safety">the main Safety page</a> to find this year's safety requirements & deadlines, and to learn about safe & responsible research in iGEM.</p>
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<p>On this page of your wiki, you should write about how you are addressing any safety issues in your project. The wiki is a place where you can <strong>go beyond the questions on the safety forms</strong>, and write about whatever safety topics are most interesting in your project. (You do not need to copy your safety forms onto this wiki page.)</p>
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<p>   As a high school team, safety is paramount, and following safety rules is essential in any lab environment. In addition  to standard protocols we must be overly diligent in safety as, our lab is a shared lab as well as a classroom that hosts several other classes.  We must follow  the standard rules to protect both us and our samples  but in addition to this we have to guarantee the safety the others who occupy our space. This means not only do we have to follow proper lab safety guidelines, we must ensure that the other students who share our lab do the same. </p>
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<p>   To eliminate any unnecessary risk factors we have chosen to work with some of the lab safety protocols that we follow include:</p>  
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<p>   - Wearing proper protective gear such as lab coats, goggles, and closed toed shoes. If we are using an autoclave, we take the extra precaution of a face shield. </p>
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<p>   - Keeping our hair back and tied up when we do labs. </p>  
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​<p>   - Keeping a meticulously clean lab space through organization and disinfection with 70% isopropyl alcohol. </p>  
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<p>Does your project include any safety features? Have you made certain decisions about the design to reduce risks? Write about them here! For example:</p>
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<p>What safety procedures do you use every day in the lab? Did you perform any unusual experiments, or face any unusual safety issues? Write about them here!</p>
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<p>Did you face any safety problems in sending your DNA parts to the Registry? How did you solve those problems?</p>
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Revision as of 23:20, 29 September 2016

Alverno iGEM 2016

Alverno iGEM 2016

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Safety

As a high school team, safety is paramount, and following safety rules is essential in any lab environment. In addition to standard protocols we must be overly diligent in safety as, our lab is a shared lab as well as a classroom that hosts several other classes. We must follow the standard rules to protect both us and our samples but in addition to this we have to guarantee the safety the others who occupy our space. This means not only do we have to follow proper lab safety guidelines, we must ensure that the other students who share our lab do the same.

To eliminate any unnecessary risk factors we have chosen to work with some of the lab safety protocols that we follow include:

- Wearing proper protective gear such as lab coats, goggles, and closed toed shoes. If we are using an autoclave, we take the extra precaution of a face shield.

- Eating and drinking in designated areas and keeping food from the lab space.

- Wearing gloves while dealing with anything that is sensitive or possible contaminated.

- Keeping our hair back and tied up when we do labs.

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- Keeping a meticulously clean lab space through organization and disinfection with 70% isopropyl alcohol.

- Clearly labeling everything.

- Washing hands before and after labs.