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Autoclave  (top)

Information on effective sterilization and autoclave safety from Michigan State University ORCBS

Effective Use of Autoclaves, UC-Davis, Environmental Health and Safety, Safety Net #26, May 2004

Autoclave Purchasing Guide, Standards and Specifications for an Autoclave, Stanford University, Environmental Health and Safety

Autoclaving Guidelines for Biohazardous Waste, UCSD

Autoclave Overview, UCSD

Autoclaving Guidelines for Sterilization of Lab Equipment, UCSD

Biological Safety Cabinets  (top)

Primary Containment for Biohazards: Selection, Installation, and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets , 2nd edition, CDC/NIH, 2000

Selecting A Biosafety Cabinet, NuAire Guide

Blood Cell Counters  (top)

Current Intellegence Bulletin 13- Explosive Azide Hazard, NIOSH, 1976

Cell Sorters (Biosafety Issues)  (top)

Biosafety Guidelines for Sorting of Unfixed Cells , The International Society of Analytical Cytology Biohazard Working Group, Cytometry 28:99-117 (1997) PDF file

Editorial Introduction to Biosafety Guidelines for Sorting of Unfixed Cells, (PDF File)

Scripps Biohazard Review Form for Sorting Applications

Centrifuge  (top)

Centrifuge Safety, Standard Operating Procedure, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Environmental Health and Safety, 7/2004

Beckman/Coulter Rotor Safety Guide

Sorvall Rotor Care Guide, posted by Cornell University

Carleton University Centrifuge Safety Manual, Environmental Health and Safety Services, September 2003

School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Risk Assessment: Use of Laboratory Centrifuges, Especially High Speed, Superspeed and Ultracentrifuges in Chemistry Laboratories

Instruction Manual for Microcentrifuge Z233 M2, National Labnet Company, Woodbridge, NJ (pdf file)

The Office of Environment, Health and Safety, University of California, Berkley, factsheet:  Ultracentrifuges:   Hazards and Precautions

Centrifuge and Rotor Safety Guide, Stony Brook University,  Enviornmental Health and Safety

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has a 9 minute video on Centrifugation Hazards which may be ordered online at no charge.

Chemical Fume Hoods  (top)

AIHA Laboratory Health and Safety Committee Links

Chemical Fume Hood Handbook, Northwestern University, Office of Research Safety

Cold Rooms (top)

Stanford University Cold Room Work Practices, Stanford University, Environmental Health and Safety

Mold Control at MSU: Walk in Refrigeration Units

Cryostat  (top)

Cryostat and Cryostat Maintenance, ABCs of Safe Practice, Ellis and Perry 2001

Dewar Liquid Nitrogen  (top)

SPI Liquid Nitrogen Dewars and Accessories

Distillation  (top)

Distillations and Extractions,  University Of California Santa Barbara

Doors  (top)

Closing the Door on Lab Safety Hazards, SUNY Stony Brook

Electron Microscopy  (top)

Electron Microscope Radiation Safety Training, University of Pennsylvania EHRS

Scanning Electron Microscope, Purdue University, Physical Facilities

Electron Microscopy Sciences  has a technical data sheet entitled,   Safety Precautions in the Electron Microscopy Lab.

Electrophoresis  (top)