Re: HP lab survey frequency

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> So if you care to be a benchmark please respond. The
> intent is to see what other universities are doing nowadays but I welcome
> input from other labs as well.

I would modify this question a bit, and ask not only how often DO 
you perform these survey, but how often SHOULD the survey be 
performed, based on lab history, risk of contamination in the lab, 
frequency of use of the materials in the lab. We all do a lot of 
things, because we have been doing it that way for a long time, 
and, based on regulatory perceptions. Perhaps we should all be 
evaluating our programs and revise procedures and processes to 
ensure that the resources required to do our work actually works 
on the problems at hand, and potential problems, and not spend a 
lot of time doing things that for one, do not reduce errors, do not 
improve safety, and only serve the purpose of documenting a 
needless activity.

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