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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree with John Shott. UCSB follows the same type of system. Our buddy system is loose considering there seems to be multiple people in the lab at any hour and it is hard to enforce the policy. Strategically placed cameras and announced coverage should prevent most shenanigans at night with no staff on site. The risk is acceptable for us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks, Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Shott<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20, 2013 9:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> Weaver, John R<br><b>Cc:</b> labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [labnetwork] After-hours work in cleanroom and laboratories<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John:<br><br>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><br>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: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>How do you handle things in your facility? Are you happy with the results?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>John R. Weaver</span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>