Occupational Safety

General Safety

• Skin protection and disinfection: instruction
• This link to Umwelt Online gives you access to all relevant regulations and laws concerning occupational safety.
• Data sheets for chemicals: This database (euSDB) allows you to search for chemicals, the data sheets are available in German and English.
• Brandschutzordnung ("fire safety regulations") of the University of Cologne gives information about how to prevent fire and what to do in case of a fire.
  Sorry, in German only.
• General and Biological Safety Instruction November 12, 2008 as pdf-file.

Handling of Dangerous Chemicals (Gefahrstoffe): Operating Instructions

• Aceton
• Acids
• Chloroform
• Ethanol
• Ethidiumbromide
• Formaldehyde solution (37 %)
• Isopropanol
• Methanol
• Sodium Hydroxide
• liquid Nitrogen
• Phenol
• Xylol

Radiation Safety

• Link to the "Strahlenschutzverordnung 2001".
  Sorry, in German only.
• Betriebsanweisung (Operating instruction) for our Isotope Lab as pdf-file.
  Sorry, in German only at the moment.
• Isotope Lab Service for the 3rd floor (pdf-document)
• How to perform a wipe test (pdf-document)
• Radiation Safety Instruction November 2008 as (large) pdf-file.

Biological Safety

• Betriebsanweisung (Operating instruction) for our S1-laboratories as pdf-file.
  Sorry, in German only at the moment.
• General and Biological Safety Instruction November 12, 2008 as pdf-file.

Will be expanded, suggestions are very welcome!