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A Spill kits

Where: Cabinents the instructor benches in each teaching laboratory 
Include: a biohazard bag, 2 masks, 1 pair of goggles, 2 pairs of disposable gloves, a bottle of bleach which will need to be diluted before use, 2 kwik-wipe towelettes, 2 paper towels, and instructions for clean-up.

  1. Put on the plastic gloves from the kit.
  2. Put on the safety goggles and mask if there is any possibility of the fluids contacting your mucous membranes.
  3. For small spills, use the Kwik-wipe towelettes.
  4. Put all contaminated materials in the biohazard bag. The bag will be taken to the stockroom IMMEDIATELY after the clean-up and will be placed on the contamination table with a sign which reads “HUMAN CONTAMINANTS”.
  5. All such accidents should then be reported using the Accident Reporting Form and filed with the Laboratory Materials Supervisor on your campus and the lab coordinator.
B First Aid Kits
  • Drawers/cabinets of the instructor benches in each teaching laboratory.
  • In the Pocatello and Idaho Falls Stockrooms.
  • Biological Sciences Office -- above the sink in 228.
C Showers
  • Room 139 - east wall next to the fume hood
  • Cadaver suite
  • First floor - ends of both hallways on the first floor
D Fire Blankets
  • Room 122
  • Room 137 - left side just inside the door
  • Room 138 - right side on the east wall
  • Rooms 139, 151, 52, 153 - left side just inside the door
  • Room 192 - the wall next to the office
  • Rooms 237, 243 - inside left-hand (west) door
  • Room 262 - instructor bench behind spill kit
  • Room 247 - inside door
  • Rooms 250, 251 - inside right-hand (west) door
E Fire Extinguishers
  • Rooms 191 & 192 - on west wall
  • Room 137 -- On the wall just inside the door
  • Rooms 138, 139 -- left side, just inside the door
  • Room 146 (EM suite) -- right side, just inside the door
  • Room 151 -- left side, just inside the door(north wall)
  • Rooms 152, 153 -- right side, just inside the door
  • Room 193 -- combustible metals extinguisher behind the southwest door
  • Above each drinking fountain
  • Rooms 261, 263 -- front (east) wall
  • Room 272 -- north wall
  • Front office, south of the main door
F Eyewashes -- There are eye wash fountains in each lab.
G Fire alarms
  • The main hall is just north of the elevator and stairwell
  • East hall between stairwell and room 140.
H Fire hose -- Above drinking fountains in the east and west halls.
I Wheelchair -- Room 193
J

Narcan - 2nd floor by elevators

K

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - 2nd floor by elevators

  • The AED will provide a step-by-step guide using voice prompts. This helps ensure the pads are secured tightly and the safety of the individual assisting is maintained. Watch the demonstration video to learn more. 
  • Training is available through American Red Cross, or can be requested by contacting Public Safety at pubsafe@isu.edu. 
  • Notify Public Safety immediately in the event of a medical emergency requiring the use of the AED.