Lab Rules

Laboratory Rules

1. Employee should come to work on time (9 am or early).
2. All experiments must be properly and promptly documented. All experimental steps must be recorded and all results must be organized in comprehensible formats. All experiments procedure and results should be uploaded to ELN.
3. Document all failed experiments in details, upload all data including "not working" or unsatisfitory result due to  careless mistakes or unexpected errors to ELN.
4. Person who deliberately falsified data will be punished by employment termination and possibly legal actions.
5. Smoking, eating, and drinking are expressly forbidden and NOT allowed in the laboratory.
6. Wear any required personal protective equipment (lab coat, gloves, goggles, etc).
7. Wear impermeable shoes that completely cover the feet (i.e. no sandals, no clogs, and no fabric shoes) in areas where chemicals, biological, and radiological materials are present. Only shoes that provide complete foot covering are allowed in the lab. Long hair should be pulled back. Shorts, skirts, dresses, and tight-fitting clothes are not allowed in the lab.
8. Discussion of topics related to sex, age, race, religion, salary, personal or family matters are expressly forbidden and NOT allowed in the lab.
9. Volatile, toxic, corrosive, and/or irritating chemicals must be handled in the fumehood.
10. Avoid breathing, tasting, or having skin in contact with chemicals.
11. Never pipet by mouth. Always use a suction bulb or pipet aid.
12. No unauthorized experiments are to be performed in the laboratory. Never leave your experiment unattended unless authorized to do so.
13. Work areas must be left clean and dry prior to leaving the lab. Enzymes, chemicals and reagents must be returned to their proper places.
14. You should always wash your hands before leaving the laboratory. If you are the last person to leave the lab you must check the entire lab: turn off electrophoresis power supply, unplug nanodrop, turn off microplate reader etc, then lock the door.
15. Do not eat foods containing onions for breakfast and lunch, drink enough water during the day
16. Make cell phone vibrate before starting an experiment. Answering phone calls from friends and family during experiment is not allowed.
17. Listening to iPod or other music devices with earphones is prohibited while doing experiment.
18. You should deduct your time from timesheet if you spend more than 20 minutes on lunch.
19. Do not wear gloves when using: computer, gel-documentation camera, microscope or open the lab doors.
20. Do not use lab computer to write personal emails.
21. Do not read news articles using laboratory computers.
22. Do not use protocols downloaded from internet without authorization.
23. Remove one glove when handling common equipment.
24. Personal electronics such as IPad, iPhone, IPod, earphone, and computers are not allowed in the lab.
25. Eat breakfast before coming to work.

Last Update: July 16, 2019