Sealed Source Safety Manual

15 Sealed Source Safety Manual Environmental Health and Safety Services Building (EHSSB). EH&S will monitor each package for contamination and exposure, enter the source into the university’s RAM inventory, generate a datapage (transfer document), and create an Inventory and Usage Log. The package will be delivered to the laboratory by EH&S staff. With prior approval large items, such as gas chromatographs or liquid scintillation detectors, may be delivered directly to the PI. Security PIs and lab personnel must ensure that generally licensed materials are secured from unauthorized use, transfer, tampering, or theft. Generally licensed materials must be secured by at least one of the following: • Keeping them under constant ‘line of sight’ surveillance by an approved user. • Locking the approved laboratory. • Placing them in locked, permanent storage (such as a cabinet with a lock) within the approved use or storage area. Any known or suspected loss or theft of sources must be reported to EH&S immediately. Inventory PIs are required to maintain inventory records. To facilitate this process, EH&S provides an Inventory and Usage Log for each source/device. The location of each source/device is recorded by EH&S to facilitate leak testing and inventory requirements. If it becomes necessary to move a source/device to a new location, EH&S must be notified prior to the move. If a source cannot be located, contact EH&S immediately. Storage Unused generally licensed materials, such as liquid scintillation counters and gas chromatographs, must be transferred to another user or transferred for disposal within two years of their last use. Equipment storage to avoid disposal fees is not permitted. Operable devices kept for future use are excluded from the two- year time limit, but must be inventoried quarterly by EH&S. This quarterly inventory is part of the EH&S fee-for-service program. Transfer If you intend to transfer the materials to another user or send it to ISU Surplus, you must notify EH&S prior to that transfer. All transfers of generally licensed material must follow Iowa Note: Contact EH&S immediately for any lost or missing source. Note: Storage cannot be used to avoid disposal fees!