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The university has a health, safety and environment (HSE) group with set guidelines and rules to regulate the work environment and safety. General information about this can be found at http://www.ntnu.edu/hse. Details on the HSE regulations for lab work can be found at http://www.ntnu.edu/hse/labhandbook. These are all based on the national biosafety regulations and guidelines set by the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (http://www.bion.no/english/norwegian-regulation) and the acts set by the government.
The institute for Biotechnology has set some local guidelines and rules that apply for the specific labs that we use in our lab work for this project. The labs used are approved for work with gene-modified organisms (GMOs). Prior to the commencement of work in any of these labs, every person is given the essential training. The training covers the statutory regulations and safety provisions, the use of equipment and protective equipment, fire extinguishing, first aid, use of the chemical substances index and safety data sheets, proper waste disposal and reporting. The wetlab part of the NTNU iGEM team has all attended this training and is following the set lab guidelines and rules in their work.
Use this page to answer the questions on the safety page.
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