Lab Rules & Safety

KNI Lab Rules and Safety Documents

KNI Lab Rules

All KNI users must follow the guidelines listed below, including the updated general SOPs for entry and exit and Labrunr tool reservations. In order to protect the safety of all KNI lab users and staff, repeated violations to these policies will result in revocation of lab access.

Current Phase: 3 Effective Saturday, September 26, 2020, at 12:00 noon, lab members will be able to use the KNI 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Mandatory protocols for the phased re-opening of the KNI Lab: Read and follow Caltech's Coronavirus Information Guidelines on Returning to Campus For each day you are on campus, fill out Caltech's Health Attestation and Self-Reported Contact and Location Log, via access.caltech.edu. Click the "COVID-19 Reporting" link in the Self Service section. All KNI Lab users reporting to campus must participate in Caltech's on-campus COVID testing. The KNI Lab’s safety, hygiene, density, and physical distancing requirements: KNI Buddy System SOP KNI Cleanroom Sanitation and Wipedown SOP Phases 1,2 & 3 Room B207 - KNI Lab Entrance/Exit - Map Phases 2 & 3 = 1 person per 200 ft^2 - KNI Lab Room Occ. Limit - Map Only one person is allowed to use the elevator at a time. Maximum 24 people in the lab at any given time. Training for both returning and new lab members will continue with the hybrid remote and limited in-person equipment and new user/general safety training plans that began during earlier phases. The KNI technical staff members will operate on an alternating daily in-lab schedule, e.g. 3 staff are in-lab Mon, Wed, Fri, and the other staff members are in-lab on Tues, Thurs. Staff will either be working in their offices or telecommuting on the days they do not report to the lab. Some delay in response to equipment requests is to be expected.

KNI Lab General SOPs

• KNI Lab Entry and Exit SOP
• KNI Lab Entry Video
• KNI Lab Exit Video
• KNI Phase 3 - Labrunr Tool Schedule Coordination SOP
• KNI Phase 2 - Labrunr Tool Schedule Coordination SOP
• KNI Phase 1 - Labrunr Tool Schedule Coordination SOP

KNI Lab Safety Documents

• KNI Emergency Procedures PDF - Provides an overview of Emergency Procedures specific to the KNI cleanroom.
• KNI Workplace Specific Safety Training persentation - Provides an overview of Safety Procedures specific to the KNI cleanroom.
• KNI User Handbook and Operation Procedures - Provides a broad overview of the information needed specific to the KNI Cleanroom.
• KNI Safety Manual - Provides a broad overview of information for Referenced Documents, Safety Requirements, and Chemical Safety Infromation.
• KNI Safety Data Sheets (SDS) - a link to the chemicals approved for use in the KNI Cleanroom.

KNI Safety Presentations

• KNI Chemistry Procedures Review 2019
• KNI Chemistry Procedures Review 2016

Caltech Safety Documents

• Caltech Chemical Hygiene Plan - Provides a broad overview of the information needed for safely working with hazardous chemicals in the laboratory.
• Caltech Hazardous Waste Management Guide - Provides a broad overview of information on Hazardous Waste determination, handling and disposal requirements, etc.
• Caltech Personal Protective Equipment - Appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must match the task hazards and equipment is prescribed when hazards cannot be eliminated by administrative or engineering controls.

California Nanosafety Consortium of Higher Education

• Nanotoolkit: Working Safely with Engineered Nanomaterials in Academic Research Settings