Safety at Global Health Engineering

This safety concept was adopted by Dr. Jakub Tkaczuk ORCID logo for Global Health Engineering (GHE) at ETH, D-MAVT and is valid from 1 January 2024.

Emergency

Important

In case of emergency in the laboratory, workshop, or office:

  1. call the ETH Emergency Desk: +41 44 342 11 88 (from mobile) or 888 (from landline)
  2. inform Dr. Jakub Tkaczuk (GSR & BSO): +41 44 632 31 62 and jtkaczuk@ethz.ch
  3. inform Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Tilley: tilleye@ethz.ch

Content

This website contains all the safety related documents for Global Health Engineering and is structured as follows:

Operational Safety

Contains the group-specific operational safety concept, including general laboratory and workshop rules, hazard identification, and emergency procedures.

Chemical Safety

Provides information about the chemicals used within the group and the safety measures to mitigate chemical risks, including safety data sheets and disposal guidelines.

Biological Safety

Contains the biosafety concept adapted to the needs of GHE, including procedures for working with biological agents and BSL2 laboratory guidelines.

Disclaimer

Although every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, Global Health Engineering (GHE) makes no warranties, express or implied, or representations as to the accuracy of the content of this repository when used by third parties. GHE assumes no liability or responsibility for any error or omissions in the information contained in the repository when cloned/forked and used by other groups or users outside GHE. Every person outside GHE using the information provided in this repo is responsible for its verification and validation.