Re: Laboratory Eating/Drinking Policy

[wfendt@UDel.Edu]

Our policy is that there will be no eating, drinking, smoking, food
storage, or food containers (empty or otherwise) anywhere within the
posted laboratory.
This conforms with our biosafety and chemical safety programs but they
are not as well enforced as the rad safety.  
We might make an exception for a fully enclosed room (i.e. one with
walls and doors) to be used as a eating room if it is within a larger
radiation room.
We are NRC state.

Bill Fendt
univ of de
wfendt@udel.edu


William Lorenzen wrote:
> 
>           We are in the process of designing a new research building and in
>           recent meeting where the lab space was being discussed several PI's
>           have mentioned the desire to allow eating/drinking at desk spaces
>           which would be located inside laboratories.  Their justification is
>           weak, however they bring up the fact that Stanford University
>           allows it so why can't we do it (let's not get into that issue).
> 
>           I have discussed this with the RSO at Stanford U and have all the
>           information about their policy, it's history and it's
>           conditions/limitations.  I wanted to know if anyone else has such
>           a policy.
> 
>           Here are my specific questions...
> 
>           1.Does your radiation safety program allow eating/drinking of any
>           kind within laboratory spaces which are designated for radioactive
>           material use?
> 
>           2.If so, what are the specifics of your policy and do the other
>           EH&S programs support/conform to the radiation safety policy?
> 
>           3.Do you operate in an NRC or Agreement State?
> 
>           Please no responses about why we should NOT allow this or how the
>           regulators will not allow it.  This is simply a query of others
>           policies.
> 
>           Please e-mail me directly and I can summarize the responses for a
>           later posting to RADSAFE.
> 
>           William A. Lorenzen
>           Children's Hospital
>           Boston, MA 02115
> 
>           lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu
> 
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