While I understand the issue of tires contacting sleeves, this type of discussion (and similar discussions when selecting foot PPE for service animals) does make me think about shoes.  (The collective) We spend a significant amount of time on this, and other forums, debating gloves and lab coats in the hallway.  But, rarely, do shoes come up (other than demanding closed toed and, occasionally, liquid resistant footwear) yet the students leave the lab, walk in the corridor, walk into Subway, climb into their vehicles and throw their shoes under their bed.  Unless we are working with radioactivity, and sometimes in biological labs, feet are usually ignored.  Those times we do wear booties, such as clean rooms, animal facilities, etc., it often is to protect what we are working on as much as to protect us.  It seems like a good time to remind ourselves the importance of good housekeeping, cleaning up spills immediately, and not letting broken glass accumulate on the floor.  

Funny.  No, you don't grab the tires.  But the tires will, on some wheel chairs, contact arms or sleeves.  And the soles of shoes rarely do.  

Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist

President:  Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.

Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE

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I guess I assumed student had a handrail in addition to the tire on each side, so s/he doesn't place hands on the tires.

 

 

SMK

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It's only analogous if the soles of your shoes run from the floor to up to your elbows and back.

Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist

President:  Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.

Safety Officer: Local USA829, IATSE

181 Thompson St., #23

New York, NY 10012     212-777-0062

actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com   www.artscraftstheatersafety.org

 

 

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To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
Sent: Wed, Nov 1, 2017 6:40 pm
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] need "lab coat" for students in wheelchairs

About wheelchair wheels:

Do you decontaminate student shoes before leaving lab? That seems analogous to me.

 

About lab coats:

The last few students we had who used chairs wore the same long-sleeve, knee-length coat as others. We supplied a chemical-resistant apron that provided additional protection needed when working from a seated position. I like Fisher's PVC Apron of the Elements.

 

SMK

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Sheila M. Kennedy, C.H.O.

Safety Coordinator | Teaching Laboratories

Chemistry & Biochemistry |University of California, San Diego

9500 Gilman Dr. | La Jolla, CA  92093-0303

(858) 534 - 0221 | MC 0303 | YORK HALL 3150

s1kennedy**At_Symbol_Here**ucsd.edu | Student Lab Safety, CHEM Teaching Labs

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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU] On Behalf Of Rogers, Janet
Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 2:34 PM
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To All:

 

This year our university instituted a lab coat policy requiring undergraduate students to wear lab coats in chemistry labs.  We have a handful of students in wheelchairs taking our courses.  Can you recommend a source of lab coats for students using wheelchairs?  Also, how do you handle decontaminating the wheelchair wheels prior to students leaving the lab?

 

Janet Rogers, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair

Chemistry Department

Edinboro University

230 Scotland Road

Edinboro, PA  16444

 

phone: 814.732.1539

e-mail: rogers**At_Symbol_Here**edinboro.edu 

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