Prohibition on Eating, Drinking and Smoking in University Laboratories

Eating, drinking, smoking, gum chewing, applying cosmetics and taking medicine in laboratories where hazardous chemicals are used is strictly prohibited.

• Food, beverages, cups and other drinking and eating utensils must not be stored in areas where hazardous chemicals are handled or stored.
• Glassware used for laboratory operations should never be used to prepare or consume food or beverages.
• Laboratory refrigerators, ice chests, cold rooms, ovens and so forth must not be used for food storage or preparation.
• Laboratory water sources and de-ionized laboratory water should not be used for drinking water.

Rooms that are adjacent, but separated by floor-to-ceiling walls, and do not have any chemical, radioactive or biohazardous agents present, may be used for food consumption, preparation or applying cosmetics at the discretion of the project director responsible for the areas.

Updated Feburary 8, 2007 by SAK