School of Medicine Conducts Laboratory Safety Inspections before winter vocation
 
time: 2021-12-30

On December 28, 2021, He Dongqing, Secretary of the Party Committee of School of Medicine, led a 9-member delegation of the college safety inspection team to carry out a major inspection on the safety of the research and teaching office rooms, especially the laboratories.

The School of Medicine attaches great importance to laboratory safety work, in accordance with the requirements of Party and Government Together, Double Duty of One Post, Joint Management and Claiming Responsibility of Duty Neglecting , firmly establish the safety concept of Life first, people first, seriously organize and carry out this safety inspection and the laboratory safety management work during winter holidays, to rectify and eliminate all kinds of safety hazards timely. The college has set up a safety inspection team with He Dongqing as the leader, Jiang Kaiqiu as the deputy leader, and Huang Zhibin, Fu Juan, Nong Debin, Zou Fen, Yu Lixia, Chen Xiaohui, Liang Hanni and other technicians to implement the requirements of the higher level and the university on laboratory safety work and ensure the safety and stablity of the laboratory during the upcoming New Year's Day and winter vocation.

First, the laboratories checked themselves one by one in accordance with the Laboratory Hazardous Sources and Risk Points Key Checklist. According to the laboratory self-inspection, the safety inspection team focusing on the environment, implementation of safety information registration and notification system, chemical safety, biological safety, electrical and equipment safety to inspect carefully in accordance with the Ministry of Education's Laboratory Safety Checklist for Higher Education Institutions(2021).

The inspection team found that there were some common problems in the laboratories: (1)The system management was not foolproof. The laboratories lacked emergency plans and daily duty sheets were not filled out as required timely.(2)There are biosafety hazards, and some laboratories breed experimental mice illegally.(3)Laboratory hygiene is poor. The living area has piles of debris on the ground, garbage is not put into baskets, and desktop items are cluttered. Laboratory instruments and reagents are not placed in a standardized manner.(4)The laboratory smells bad and is not ventilated. Too many cartons occupied the road, which are safety hazards.(5)Lab hazard markings is not complete. No biosafety signs were posted, and there were no warning signs and warning lines in the electrophoresis area.

In view of the lack of safety management in some laboratories, He Dongqing stressed that laboratory safety must be kept under constant control, and it is the common responsibility of all teachers, students and staff to maintain it. All laboratories should set up a high awareness of the overall situation, raise the political stance, strengthen their responsibility, also strictly implement the latest requirements of the Ministry of Education on laboratory safety in higher education, create a safe and harmonious learning and research environment, and effectively maintain the life safety of teachers, students and staff and campus stability.