From mtang at snf.stanford.edu  Fri Jul  8 10:23:03 2005
From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang)
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:23:03 -0700
Subject: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
Message-ID: <42CEB677.50409@snf.stanford.edu>

Help --

There is a large plastic/teflon beaker containing an unknown liquid at 
wbgeneral.  It is not labeled with a blue card.  This must have occurred 
sometime yesterday or today.  Whoever did this, please take care of this 
right away, or at the very least, inform us what the chemical is, so 
that we can handle it appropriately.  Or, if you know anything about 
this, please let us know.

If no one gets back to me by the end of today, I'll have no choice but 
to impose the my favorite, traditional punishment on everyone who 
enabled the bench over the time in question.  Remember, even if the 
beaker is NOT yours, but you enabled/used the bench knowing it was 
there, you are responsible as well -- if only for safety's sake, you 
should always be aware of what other chemical processes are going on at 
this bench before you use it.  (My favorite punishment, for those 
interested, is to come up with a question that is suitable [I really do 
mean "suitable" - not a "stupid" one] for us to use on the safety test, 
either at wbgeneral in this case, or for SNF safety.)

Thanks for your attention -

Mary

-- 
Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
Stanford, CA  94305
(650)723-9980
mtang at stanford.edu
http://snf.stanford.edu




From robinhmb at yahoo.com  Fri Jul  8 16:35:02 2005
From: robinhmb at yahoo.com (Robin King)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
In-Reply-To: <42CEB677.50409@snf.stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <20050708233502.84244.qmail@web54702.mail.yahoo.com>

All,

It wasn't there when I was using the bench, and when I finished with
it I left everything picked up, cleaned up, and dry.  I put away
someone else's beaker too.  This unknown beaker came along after I
was done.

Robin


--- Mary Tang <mtang at snf.stanford.edu> wrote:

> Help --
> 
> There is a large plastic/teflon beaker containing an unknown liquid
> at 
> wbgeneral.  It is not labeled with a blue card.  This must have
> occurred 
> sometime yesterday or today.  Whoever did this, please take care of
> this 
> right away, or at the very least, inform us what the chemical is,
> so 
> that we can handle it appropriately.  Or, if you know anything
> about 
> this, please let us know.
> 
> If no one gets back to me by the end of today, I'll have no choice
> but 
> to impose the my favorite, traditional punishment on everyone who 
> enabled the bench over the time in question.  Remember, even if the
> 
> beaker is NOT yours, but you enabled/used the bench knowing it was 
> there, you are responsible as well -- if only for safety's sake,
> you 
> should always be aware of what other chemical processes are going
> on at 
> this bench before you use it.  (My favorite punishment, for those 
> interested, is to come up with a question that is suitable [I
> really do 
> mean "suitable" - not a "stupid" one] for us to use on the safety
> test, 
> either at wbgeneral in this case, or for SNF safety.)
> 
> Thanks for your attention -
> 
> Mary
> 
> -- 
> Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
> Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
> CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
> Stanford, CA  94305
> (650)723-9980
> mtang at stanford.edu
> http://snf.stanford.edu
> 
> 
> 


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From lwchang at stanford.edu  Fri Jul  8 18:47:12 2005
From: lwchang at stanford.edu (Li-Wen Chang)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:47:12 -0700
Subject: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
References: <20050708233502.84244.qmail@web54702.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002e01c58428$20e7fd40$52840c80@LiWen>

Hi:
When I came to use the bench this morning about 9:30, the telfon beaker with 
unknown liquid and a pair of chemical resistant gloves were left there.
So I just let Uli know the situation.

Thanks,
Li-Wen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin King" <robinhmb at yahoo.com>
To: "Mary Tang" <mtang at snf.stanford.edu>; <wbgeneral at snf.stanford.edu>
Cc: "Uli Thumser" <uli at snf.stanford.edu>; <king at snf.stanford.edu>; 
<lwchang at snf.stanford.edu>; <yoavb at snf.stanford.edu>; 
<true at snf.stanford.edu>; "Paul Rissman" <rissman at snf.stanford.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral


> All,
>
> It wasn't there when I was using the bench, and when I finished with
> it I left everything picked up, cleaned up, and dry.  I put away
> someone else's beaker too.  This unknown beaker came along after I
> was done.
>
> Robin
>
>
> --- Mary Tang <mtang at snf.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> Help --
>>
>> There is a large plastic/teflon beaker containing an unknown liquid
>> at
>> wbgeneral.  It is not labeled with a blue card.  This must have
>> occurred
>> sometime yesterday or today.  Whoever did this, please take care of
>> this
>> right away, or at the very least, inform us what the chemical is,
>> so
>> that we can handle it appropriately.  Or, if you know anything
>> about
>> this, please let us know.
>>
>> If no one gets back to me by the end of today, I'll have no choice
>> but
>> to impose the my favorite, traditional punishment on everyone who
>> enabled the bench over the time in question.  Remember, even if the
>>
>> beaker is NOT yours, but you enabled/used the bench knowing it was
>> there, you are responsible as well -- if only for safety's sake,
>> you
>> should always be aware of what other chemical processes are going
>> on at
>> this bench before you use it.  (My favorite punishment, for those
>> interested, is to come up with a question that is suitable [I
>> really do
>> mean "suitable" - not a "stupid" one] for us to use on the safety
>> test,
>> either at wbgeneral in this case, or for SNF safety.)
>>
>> Thanks for your attention -
>>
>> Mary
>>
>> -- 
>> Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
>> Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
>> CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
>> Stanford, CA  94305
>> (650)723-9980
>> mtang at stanford.edu
>> http://snf.stanford.edu
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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From yoavb at stanford.edu  Fri Jul  8 20:15:10 2005
From: yoavb at stanford.edu (Yoav Banin)
Date: Fri,  8 Jul 2005 20:15:10 -0700
Subject: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
In-Reply-To: <002e01c58428$20e7fd40$52840c80@LiWen>
References: <20050708233502.84244.qmail@web54702.mail.yahoo.com> <002e01c58428$20e7fd40$52840c80@LiWen>
Message-ID: <1120878910.42cf413e1ce4f@webmail.stanford.edu>

Hi,

When I arrived at the bench at about 3:00pm, I saw the beaker with a pair of
tweezers in it in the sink.

I had been using the bench from about 3:00 or 3:30pm until about 6:00pm or
6:30pm.  During that time, I stepped away from the bench for a little
while.  While I was away, I saw someone else working at the bench.  When I
came back to the bench to put away all my stuff, I saw it on the bench
without the tweezers.  I thought it may have belonged to the person who had
been working at the bench before.

Yoav


Quoting Li-Wen Chang <lwchang at stanford.edu>:

> Hi:
> When I came to use the bench this morning about 9:30, the telfon beaker
> with
> unknown liquid and a pair of chemical resistant gloves were left there.
> So I just let Uli know the situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Li-Wen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin King" <robinhmb at yahoo.com>
> To: "Mary Tang" <mtang at snf.stanford.edu>; <wbgeneral at snf.stanford.edu>
> Cc: "Uli Thumser" <uli at snf.stanford.edu>; <king at snf.stanford.edu>;
> <lwchang at snf.stanford.edu>; <yoavb at snf.stanford.edu>;
> <true at snf.stanford.edu>; "Paul Rissman" <rissman at snf.stanford.edu>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
>
>
> > All,
> >
> > It wasn't there when I was using the bench, and when I finished with
> > it I left everything picked up, cleaned up, and dry.  I put away
> > someone else's beaker too.  This unknown beaker came along after I
> > was done.
> >
> > Robin
> >
> >
> > --- Mary Tang <mtang at snf.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Help --
> >>
> >> There is a large plastic/teflon beaker containing an unknown liquid
> >> at
> >> wbgeneral.  It is not labeled with a blue card.  This must have
> >> occurred
> >> sometime yesterday or today.  Whoever did this, please take care of
> >> this
> >> right away, or at the very least, inform us what the chemical is,
> >> so
> >> that we can handle it appropriately.  Or, if you know anything
> >> about
> >> this, please let us know.
> >>
> >> If no one gets back to me by the end of today, I'll have no choice
> >> but
> >> to impose the my favorite, traditional punishment on everyone who
> >> enabled the bench over the time in question.  Remember, even if the
> >>
> >> beaker is NOT yours, but you enabled/used the bench knowing it was
> >> there, you are responsible as well -- if only for safety's sake,
> >> you
> >> should always be aware of what other chemical processes are going
> >> on at
> >> this bench before you use it.  (My favorite punishment, for those
> >> interested, is to come up with a question that is suitable [I
> >> really do
> >> mean "suitable" - not a "stupid" one] for us to use on the safety
> >> test,
> >> either at wbgeneral in this case, or for SNF safety.)
> >>
> >> Thanks for your attention -
> >>
> >> Mary
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
> >> Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
> >> CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
> >> Stanford, CA  94305
> >> (650)723-9980
> >> mtang at stanford.edu
> >> http://snf.stanford.edu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
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From mtang at snf.stanford.edu  Mon Jul 11 07:13:39 2005
From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 07:13:39 -0700
Subject: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
In-Reply-To: <1120878910.42cf413e1ce4f@webmail.stanford.edu>
References: <20050708233502.84244.qmail@web54702.mail.yahoo.com> <002e01c58428$20e7fd40$52840c80@LiWen> <1120878910.42cf413e1ce4f@webmail.stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <42D27E93.3020706@snf.stanford.edu>

Thanks Yoav --

I appreciate your note and understand your situation.  Please 
understand, though, that when you have enabled the bench, you are 
responsible for it during that time.  It is important to be aware of the 
other activities on the bench, so that any misunderstanding and any 
safety situations can be avoided.  By the same token, anyone using the 
bench either should enabled, so you know who they are from Coral.  On 
stations where several people can share at the same time (for example, 
wbnonmetal and wbdiff wet benches), anyone else using the bench should 
inform/ask the person who has enabled that tool.  I'm sorry that we put 
the burden on the person enabling a tool, but Coral is the only way we 
have of tracking equipment use. 

Please realize that this person violated an important, basic safety rule 
(not labeling chemicals) and also took advantage of your good nature by 
using your "enable" time without asking.  In the big scheme of things, 
this was not serious (the chemical was likely water), but this is also 
something we need to follow up on.  If you have any idea who this person 
is, let me know and I will have a chat with him or her. 

Thanks again,

Mary

Yoav Banin wrote:

>Hi,
>
>When I arrived at the bench at about 3:00pm, I saw the beaker with a pair of
>tweezers in it in the sink.
>
>I had been using the bench from about 3:00 or 3:30pm until about 6:00pm or
>6:30pm.  During that time, I stepped away from the bench for a little
>while.  While I was away, I saw someone else working at the bench.  When I
>came back to the bench to put away all my stuff, I saw it on the bench
>without the tweezers.  I thought it may have belonged to the person who had
>been working at the bench before.
>
>Yoav
>
>
>Quoting Li-Wen Chang <lwchang at stanford.edu>:
>
>  
>
>>Hi:
>>When I came to use the bench this morning about 9:30, the telfon beaker
>>with
>>unknown liquid and a pair of chemical resistant gloves were left there.
>>So I just let Uli know the situation.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Li-Wen
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Robin King" <robinhmb at yahoo.com>
>>To: "Mary Tang" <mtang at snf.stanford.edu>; <wbgeneral at snf.stanford.edu>
>>Cc: "Uli Thumser" <uli at snf.stanford.edu>; <king at snf.stanford.edu>;
>><lwchang at snf.stanford.edu>; <yoavb at snf.stanford.edu>;
>><true at snf.stanford.edu>; "Paul Rissman" <rissman at snf.stanford.edu>
>>Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:35 PM
>>Subject: Re: Unknown chemical at wbgeneral
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>It wasn't there when I was using the bench, and when I finished with
>>>it I left everything picked up, cleaned up, and dry.  I put away
>>>someone else's beaker too.  This unknown beaker came along after I
>>>was done.
>>>
>>>Robin
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Mary Tang <mtang at snf.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Help --
>>>>
>>>>There is a large plastic/teflon beaker containing an unknown liquid
>>>>at
>>>>wbgeneral.  It is not labeled with a blue card.  This must have
>>>>occurred
>>>>sometime yesterday or today.  Whoever did this, please take care of
>>>>this
>>>>right away, or at the very least, inform us what the chemical is,
>>>>so
>>>>that we can handle it appropriately.  Or, if you know anything
>>>>about
>>>>this, please let us know.
>>>>
>>>>If no one gets back to me by the end of today, I'll have no choice
>>>>but
>>>>to impose the my favorite, traditional punishment on everyone who
>>>>enabled the bench over the time in question.  Remember, even if the
>>>>
>>>>beaker is NOT yours, but you enabled/used the bench knowing it was
>>>>there, you are responsible as well -- if only for safety's sake,
>>>>you
>>>>should always be aware of what other chemical processes are going
>>>>on at
>>>>this bench before you use it.  (My favorite punishment, for those
>>>>interested, is to come up with a question that is suitable [I
>>>>really do
>>>>mean "suitable" - not a "stupid" one] for us to use on the safety
>>>>test,
>>>>either at wbgeneral in this case, or for SNF safety.)
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for your attention -
>>>>
>>>>Mary
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
>>>>Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
>>>>CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
>>>>Stanford, CA  94305
>>>>(650)723-9980
>>>>mtang at stanford.edu
>>>>http://snf.stanford.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
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>>
>>    
>>
>
>  
>


-- 
Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
Stanford, CA  94305
(650)723-9980
mtang at stanford.edu
http://snf.stanford.edu




From mtang at snf.stanford.edu  Fri Jul 15 08:04:23 2005
From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:04:23 -0700
Subject: Enabling wbgeneral
Message-ID: <42D7D077.7060801@snf.stanford.edu>

wbgeneral users --

I hear that there is confusion about the enabling policy on this bench.  
Please understand:

*If you are using this bench, you should enable it, even if you are not 
using a hot plate or constant temperature bath.  *

Even though this is "just another bench", I feel this is the most 
hazardous operation in the lab.  This is because this bench is used for 
so many different process by so many different people.  Only those 
people have undergone the Uli-qualification (or the admittedly 
second-rate Mary-qualification, when Uli's on vacation) may use this 
bench.  Thus, the requirement for enabling.  If you see a chemical or 
processing at this bench and someone is not enabled, this person is 
violating lab policy and should be confronted or reported to us.

Thanks for your attention --

Mary

-- 
Mary X. Tang, Ph.D.
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070
Stanford, CA  94305
(650)723-9980
mtang at stanford.edu
http://snf.stanford.edu