Standardized Cleaning Chemicals

政策

All persons covered by this policy are prohibited from using Tacoma Community College purchasing cards, or purchase orders, to buy, or otherwise bring, any cleaning product for use on Tacoma Community College campuses.

目的

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance and information in two areas:

1. To undergo a process of informed substitution, replacing cleaning products used in any common spaces on Tacoma Community College campuses, with Green Seal cleaning products, which are currently being used by the Custodial D环境保护署rtment.
2. To promote OSHA's "Right to Know" guideline, by giving ready access to Safety Data Sheets, both as on-site hard copies, and as a "Quick Link" on the Tacoma Community 大学链接门户网站.

The provisions of this policy are not intended to supersede any rights provided for, or provide any rights not otherwise provided for, by law.

To Whom Does This 政策 Apply

This policy applies to all employees and volunteers of Tacoma Community College.

参考文献

1. Green Seal Standard for Cleaning Products for Industrial and Institutional Use, GS-37. http://www.wbdg.org/FFC/GREENSEAL/STDS/GS-37.pdf
2. OSHA Hazard Communication Standard "Right to Know" (29 CFR 1910.1200). http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3021.pdf
3. 更安全的选择. http://www.EPA.gov/saferchoice

定义

Green Seal: Green Seal is a non-profit environmental standard development and certification 组织. Its flagship program is the certification of products, services, restaurants, 和酒店. Certification is based on Green Seal standards, which contain performance, health, and sustainability criteria.

The Right-to-Know: Refers to workers' rights to information about chemicals in their 工作场所. The federal law that provides these rights is the OSHA Hazard Communication 标准(29 CFR 1910.1200). Private-sector employers must provide chemical information to their workers under the OSHA standard.

Safety Data Sheet (SDS): Mandated by OSHA. 安全数据表(SDS); material safety data sheet (MSDS), or product safety data sheet (PSDS) is a document that lists information relating to occupational safety and health for the use of various 物质和产品.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection.

过程

The Facilities D环境保护署rtment will support the effort to remove non-standard cleaning products and replace them with Green Seal approved cleaning products. 在保管的 D环境保护署rtment will provide labelled, quart-sized spray-bottles to any d环境保护署rtment, upon 请求. Examples of the cleaning products that the custodial d环境保护署rtment can provide 是:

• Glance NA, which is an ammonia free window-cleaning product.
• Stride general-purpose cleaner, which will replace products such as Simple Green or 409.
• Oxivir disinfectant, during flu season.
• Alpha HP-multi surface cleaner, and
• Gojo fragrance-free hand-soap, mounted inside wall-dispensers.

Individual d环境保护署rtments may purchase Purell Alcohol Formula wipes as a replacement for products such as a Clorox type sanitizer wipes; Purell hand sanitizer pumps may 也可以购买. Green Seal does not have a recommended dish soap, but the 环境保护署's Safer Choice program does have several options.

Products provided to you by the custodial d环境保护署rtment will be for general cleaning and disinfecting purposes only. Cleaning not considered general in any way needs to be directed immediately to the custodial d环境保护署rtment. Custodial staff are both trained and equipped with personal protective equipment to handle all specialized cleaning. (e.g. vomit, blood, carpet stains, etc.)

To implement this process, email the Custodial Manager. 此后，干脆把你的 empty, or almost empty, spray-bottles in a conspicuous place, and the custodian assigned to your building will refill the bottles.

除外责任
D环境保护署rtments: Maintenance, Grounds, Custodial, and the Early Learning Center.
Chemicals: Purell Alcohol Formula wipes and Purell Hand Sanitizer pump bottles. 环境保护署 Safer Choice dish soap and hand soap.
Academic: Curriculum-specific chemicals. Examples include Biology, Allied Health and 护理.