Purpose
Laboratory Door Placards serve as a communication tool between Facilities Services, EH&S, and P.I./Space Owners. The door placards communicate what level of daily service or support a laboratory should receive from UT Facilities Services, potential hazards an unescorted visitor could encounter in the laboratory, and contact names and contact numbers for the laboratory for space access or emergency contact needs.
Procedure
Laboratory Door Placards should be posted for all active laboratory spaces. The placards will be posted during laboratory commissioning. Updates to Laboratory Door Placards should occur when laboratory contacts change, if the risks or hazards in the room change, when the space owner needs to change their service level with UT Facilities Services, or at least annually. Links to the Laboratory Door Placard Request form can be found on the Environmental Health and Safety HUB site. Once the request has been submitted, EH&S will review, print, and post the updated placard.
The Laboratory Door Placard Request form also allows for the creation of Temporary Red/Restricted Entry door placards for laboratories. Laboratories can submit a request to change their routine service level to Red/Restricted for up to 30 days. Once the request is created, laboratories will be sent temporary door signs they can print and post over their existing placard for the requested restricted date range.