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John:<br>
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While we've recently been able to incrementally bump up our staff
coverage so that it runs from approximately 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. M-F, at
nights and weekends we have no official staff on site. As a result,
we rely on:<br>
<br>
1. The buddy system.<br>
<br>
2. The fact that there tend to be experienced users around most of
the time that are willing to answer questions, help solve problems,
etc.<br>
<br>
3. We have a rotated on-call "duty phone" that can be used for
emergency use.<br>
<br>
4. Facilities monitoring, toxic gas monitoring, etc are fully
automated and on-duty 24x7. If any of those systems sense a
problem, email, automated phone dialers, communication to the fire
department, and campus-facilities takes over.<br>
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5. Users can't get to gas vaults, buk chemical storage, the basement
(where most pumps and chillers live) so they are somewhat limited in
the range of trouble that they can create.<br>
<br>
All that said, more "curious events" do seem to happen in the
evenings than happens when staff is on site. Given the staffing
realities of most university labs, I'm comfortable with this as a
viable approach.<br>
<br>
Good luck,<br>
<br>
John<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11/20/2013 5:40 AM, Weaver, John R wrote:
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cite="mid:6A848421F695C54A9210C1A873C96AC212F0435E@WPVEXCMBX04.purdue.lcl"
type="cite"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:
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<div>Due to some headcount reductions we are re-thinking our
after-hours lab work. Previously we had trained “lab
attendants” who watched over things until midnight, then
required the “buddy system” after that. Now we are looking
at just using the buddy system
after 5:00 pm.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>How do you handle things in your facility? Are you happy
with the results?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div>John</div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Cambria" size="2"><span style="font-size:
9pt;"><b><i>John R. Weaver</i></b></span></font></div>
</span></font></blockquote>
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