In the lab

Hand Washing

Hands should be washed in the following situations:

• Upon arrival in the workplace
• After work in close contact with another employee (less than 2 metres)
• If hands are soiled/dirty
• After using the bathroom
• At the end of the day
• Upon arrival at home
• Anyone leaving a lab must take off their gloves and wash their hands again before walking out, to avoid contaminating doorknobs, elevators etc

Hand sanitizer dispensers are located at the entrances.

If you find an empty post or wall-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser, please submit a request online to have it refilled.

Masks

Mask Policy: research staff/students are encouraged to bring their own masks from home or the lab. If you do not have a mask upon entering the building, security will give you one.

• All staff are to wear a mask when around others (ex lab or office) and when moving through common spaces where 2m social distance can’t be respected, for example in hallways, elevators, stairwells, washrooms, shared labs, shared offices, etc.
• Re-use of masks. We encourage, if not damaged nor soiled, the re-use of masks. They can be set aside in designated areas of a room or stored in individual bags to be re-used either the following day or later in the week.

Reminders for the use of non-medical masks:

Learn about the proper use of these masks. See the following videos:

• MSSS (English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu-sqT1us_U
• MSSS (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y3RKBrKK6c
   
• Ordering PPE through MMP*
  *As per McGill directives: please be advised that you must order through MMP. There is a central store for these materials (masks, gloves, cleaning supplies/ethanol) named McGill personal protection stockroom. Procurement may need to ration provisions, as PPE is in limited supply. Supplies can only be ordered for 1 week at a time

New: June 5, 2020 (updated July 2)

PPE (mask and glove) supplier - discount

Facilities has identified a vendor in MMP that has 1.5 million civil masks in stock at a price that is almost 50% less than other masks offered through the MMP PPE Store.

Download the flyer.

To request a quote, contact representative, Megan McCallum at megan.mccallum [at] aquestdesign.ca.

Note that they will waive the transport fee of 5% if the accumulated orders from all the labs is $5,000 or more.

Cleaning

Public Areas

Building Services will increase cleaning and disinfection of public spaces and high touch areas including washrooms, doors and entranceways (door handles, plates and push bars), elevators, drinking fountains, kitchenettes, handrails, and other high touch horizontal and vertical surfaces.

Building Services does not clean any tools or equipment in labs or offices.

• General Guidance for Personal Protection and Decontamination in the lab (PDF)
• Ordering PPE through MMP*

*As per McGill directives: please be advised that you must order through MMP. There is a central store for these materials (masks, gloves, cleaning supplies/ethanol) named McGill personal protection stockroom. Procurement may need to ration provisions, as PPE is in limited supply. Supplies can only be ordered for 1 week at a time

• External Vendor Access Request Form
• Mail Room and General Stores Reminders

For all Facilities requests (including refill of sanitizer dispensers, social distancing signage), please fill out this online form.