October is the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) International’s Biosafety Month. Launched in 2013, this initiative was created to promote awareness of biosafety, biosecurity, and biorisk management as a profession and to help those who work with or around biohazards understand how biosafety precautions work to protect them, their colleagues, and the environment from biohazard risks.
No eating or drinking in the lab!
Is your waste being handled correctly?
Is your Contaminated Materials Container (CMC) being secured with packing tape before set out for housekeeping to pick up?
The University of Virginia is charged ~$26 to dispose each CMC!
A properly taped CMC!
NEVER close a CMC like this!
Waste Laboratory Glassware label
Only take as many CMCs that your lab needs at the time. Taking more than the lab needs, prevents other labs in the building from accessing this resource.
Only biological materials or items contaminated with biological materials are to be disposed of in a CMC!
Never put sharps into the CMC! Housekeepers or anyone moving these boxes can get stuck!!
Sharps MUST be put into a container like the one below!
Sharps container, red, 2-gallon
