Moving and Surplus Decontamination

Click 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 moving. In addition, a Notice of Laboratory Equipment Decontamination Form must be completed and affixed to the item.

These items include (but are not limited to):

The following items must be reviewed and approved for moving/surplus by EH&S prior to moving:

• Chemical Products (commercial use) i.e. paint, cleaners, floor wax, etc.

The following items CANNOT be moved:

• 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