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Home > Departments > Environment, Health & Safety > EH&S Programs > Laboratory Safety > Moving or Closing Out Labs

Moving or Closing Out Labs

In order to comply with applicable federal and state regulations, laboratories and equipment in which hazardous materials have been used must be decontaminated prior to vacating the space to make it ready for the next occupant. Adherence to the following procedures will ensure that employees, students, service employees and members of the public are not needlessly exposed to potentially dangerous materials, and that all regulated materials are disposed of properly:

Laboratory Facilities Release Policy: Procedures to be followed to safely and legally deactivate and release to unrestricted use, or transfer responsibility for laboratory facilities, which may potentially be contaminated by hazardous chemical, radiological, or biological materials.

Associated Forms:
Checklist for Release Certification of Laboratories Containing Hazardous Chemicals and Biological Agents or Materials of Biological Origin

Checklist for Moving Radioisotope Laboratories:

Laboratory Facility Release Certification Poster: Sign to be posted on the lab door after appropriate decontamination indicating that the space is free of any hazardous chemical, biological and radioactive materials and does not pose a hazard to human health or the environment.

Laboratory Equipment Service Policy: Procedures to be followed to safely and properly prepare laboratory equipment, which may potentially be contaminated, by hazardous, radiological, or biological materials, for service or repair by University Facilities Operations, or by commercial service vendors.

Associated Forms:
Checklist for "OK to Service" Certification of Equipment Containing Hazardous Chemicals and Biological Agents

Checklist for "OK to Service" and Unrestricted Release of Equipment Used with Radioisotopes

Equipment "OK to Service" Certification Form: This form is attached to equipment certifying that it is free of any hazardous chemical, biological and radioactive materials does not pose a hazard to human health or the environment when servicing.

Laboratory Equipment Release Policy: Procedures to be followed to safely and legally release to unrestricted use laboratory equipment, which may potentially be contaminated by hazardous chemical, radiological, or biological materials.

Associated Forms:
Checklist for Unrestricted Release Certification of Equipment Containing Chemicals and Biological Agents

Checklist for "OK to Service" and Unrestricted Release of Equipment Used with Radioisotopes

Equipment Release Certification Form: This form is attached to equipment certifying that it is free of any hazardous chemical, biological and radioactive materials does not pose a hazard to human health or the environment and can be released to the general public.