Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:45:51 -0500
Reply-To: Joe Crockett <jcrocket**At_Symbol_Here**BRIDGEWATER.EDU>
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From: Joe Crockett <jcrocket**At_Symbol_Here**BRIDGEWATER.EDU>
Subject: Re: lab space
Comments: To: Yaeger Mary Ann
In-Reply-To: <2748FE9ADC12C54C8AEABD123B4E4659013227DD**At_Symbol_Here**nassau.wesley.int >

At 09:16 AM 3/14/2006 -0500, Yaeger Mary Ann wrote:
>Can anyone give me information on required lab space per student?    I
>can find a lot of recommendations for high school labs, but not college
>science labs.  I have information from NFPA, but is there something
>more?

The best number I've seen is 50 square feet per person.

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>Also, I have a question on MSDS.  We have an island of cabinets in the
>middle of our storeroom and the file with MSDS are part of the island.
>I was recently told that they need to be kept by the door to the room.
>Is that true?  They are about 12 ft from the door.
>

I keep a copy in the chemistry labs, a one page summary in a handy position 
in the lab, master copies in my office and data on the campus web. This may 
be "over-done", but....

Joe C


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>Thanks for any input.
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>MaryAnn Yaeger
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>MaryAnn Yaeger
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>Supervisor of Laboratory Services and CHO
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>Wesley College, Cannon 8B
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>120 N. State Street
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>Dover, DE 19901
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>Phone: 302-736-2389
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>Fax:    302-736-2301
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Joseph M Crockett
Professor of Chemistry
Bridgewater College of Virginia
Bridgewater, VA 22812

McKinney Center for Science and Mathematics - Office 307
(540)-828-5431

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