Safety

Safety topics

• General rules for working in the cleanroom
• Working with chemicals
• Working with hydrofluoric acid
• Working with nanowires and nanotubes
• Working in the cleanroom while pregnant
• Introducing new chemicals or processes
• Lift transport of hazardous materials

Other

• Kemibrug.dk - Information on chemical safety and availability
• Chemical risk assessment form - needed when introducing new processes
• Filled out chemical risk assessment forms
• Chemical waste groups

Emergency

First aid

Apply the four principles of first aid:

• Stop the accident
• Preserve life
• Summon assistance
• Provide first aid

If you call the emergency services via 112 you must send a colleague down to the main entrance of the HCØ building to help the paramedics locate the site of the accident.

The local emergency ward is the Bispebjerg Skadestue, 23 Bispebjergbakke, 2400 Copenhagen NV

All accidents must be reported to one of the permanent NBI staff members.

Location of emergency equipment

• Emergency showers are located in the hallway niches on all floors at HCØ except the basement. The shower head is in the ceiling and tap handle is in the wooden panel above the cabinets.
• There are showers in both cleanrooms
• Eyewash bottles are in the cleanroom and in all labs where chemicals are used
• There is a plumbed-in eyewash shower in the common cleanroom corridor
• Larger first aid kits are located in the hallway niches closest to the elevator on the 2^nd floor and 4^th floor
• Defibrillators are located in the HCØ hallway ground floor.