UV radiation is radiation just outside the visible range, or under 400 nanometers (nm). There are three ranges of UV (see table below). 

See the following links:

UVM's Bloodborne Pathogen Policy

UVM's Exposure Control Plan.
 

This page will be updated in Spring 2013. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Risk Management and Safety provides services to assure hazardous materials are shipped by air, land or sea, in accordance with all regulatory requirements. Hazardous materials may include:

• dangerous goods  (flammable, corrosive, reactive, toxic substances)
• biological materials
• samples in dry ice 

If you have a question about whether a substance or item you are trying to ship is a hazardous material or dangerous good, contact Safety staff at safety@uvm.edu

Emergency Purge Button

Each lab in Terrill has a red emergency purge button. This button will override the 

ventilation set point in the lab and increase airflow to exhaust more air out of the lab.

Fume Hood Restrictions

The fume hood exhaust ducts contain heat exchangers. None of these fume hoods can support acid digestions. Please do not heat acids in these hoods.

Fume Hood Monitors

Fume Hoods

Marsh Life Science has Variable Air Volume (VAV) Hoods. This means that as the fume hood sash is lifted, an air velocity sensor within the fume hood detects the change in air velocity and the air control valves modulate so the air velocity maintains 100 feet per minute (fpm) at the face of the fume hood.

Fume Hood Controls

Storage Limit for Flammable Liquid

There is a 5-gallon limit on the storage of flammable liquids in each Jeffords building laboratory, based on fire code restrictions for a building of this construction. For this reason, observing this limit is essential to the safety of all occupants and visitors. Always order flammable chemicals with the limit in mind.

Neutralization Tank

Fume Hood Proximity Sensors