Lab Room Changeover Guidelines

Complete each of the following guidelines before signing off a room as changed, in roughly the order below. At the end of each setup email unks@wisc.edu with a report of how the setup went.

Equipment Removal Steps

• Examine all equipment for damage, then remove from regular lab tables
• Place a full set of equipment on the make-up cart
• Remove any equipment with trouble cards to the hourly prep room

Cleaning Steps

• Tables and chairs rearranged to default configuration
• Shades 1/4 open
• Whiteboards erased and wiped down with dry erase cleaner and paper towels, marker tray wiped down, test and restock markers (one red, blue and green)
• Tables and chairs dusted off
• Tables cleaned with Windex, spot cleaning with alcohol (when using alcohol, be sure to windex afterwards or it will eat the varnish)

Equipment Setup Steps

• Neatly arrange all needed equipment for the new experiment on each of the 8 regular lab tables
• Place any unique items required for the lab on the TA desk
• Follow any experiment specific setup instructions
• SUMMER ONLY -- Place one setup of the following experiment on the 9th table

Cabinet and Supplies Steps

• Straighten and restock standard equipment in the cabinet

• Straighten and restock standard equipment in the tape/stapler hutch

• Restock paper in black tray
• Notify Brett if there is no toner cartridge on the printer cart