Decontamination Form
Equipment
Requiring Special Handling / Decontamination
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here for the Notice of Laboratory Equipment Decontamination Form
Any
laboratory equipment contaminated or potentially contaminated
with biological material, chemicals, or radio-isotopes must be
decontaminated prior to removal by or delivery to Surplus Property.
In addition, a Notice of Laboratory Equipment Decontamination
Form must be completed and affixed to the item.
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These items include (but are not limited to):
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Biological safety cabinets
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Hoods
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Centrifuges
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Incubators
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Cryostats
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Microfuges
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Dead tanks
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Microwave ovens
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Environmental chamber
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Ovens
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Fexetrons
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Refrigerators
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Freezers
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Shakers
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Fume Hoods
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Sinks
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Glassware & plasticware
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Storage cabinets & lockers
(used to store chemicals or hazardous waste)
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Glass & plastic containers
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Glove boxes
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Water baths
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The following items must be reviewed and approved for surplusing by
EH&S prior to removal by or delivery to Surplus
Property:
Chemical Products (commercial use) i.e. paint, cleaners, floor wax, etc.
The following items CANNOT be accepted by Surplus Property:
All chemicals (except those listed above)
Capacitors, Transformers (note: some equipment may contain transformers, such
as x-ray equipment and electron microscopes; these transformers
may be accepted but must be drained of oil and the oil must have
been tested tested and certified by
EH&S as being non-PCB)
Gas Cylinders, Pressurized Containers / Vessels
Instruments Containing Mercury (measure temperature or pressure)
Materials containing Asbestos, including but not limited to: Autoclaves, Laboratory ovens, Fire Proof file cabinets, anything that produces high heat
Any equipment containing a radioactive source must be checked by EH&S Radiation Safety Division prior to public sale. Please contact Molly McGee in the Radiation Safety Office at
mkmcgee@u.washington.edu
or (206) 685-5311. These items include:
Gas chromatographs
Germicidal UV lamps
Lasers
Scintillation counters
X-ray equipment
Any item with a radioactive sticker
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