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Emergency Preparedness: Medical Waste Emergency

Notify Campus Police at 5555

  • Give name and location of emergency.
  • Determine the extent of contamination.
  • Identify the type and magnitude of the contamination.
  • Depending on the magnitude of the emergency, the Campus Police will notify the University Administration, Physical Plant Maintenance and the Office of Environmental & Safety.
  • The Campus Police officer will go to and stay at the scene until it is secured and an emergency no longer exists.
  • Physical Plant Maintenance will provide emergency removal and disposal for the medical waste.
  • Physical Plant Maintenance will provide signs, barricades and fencing as required securing emergency area.
  • Faculty and staff will clear the area until instructions from emergency personnel are given to return.
  • The primary function of University personnel is to keep unauthorized persons away from contaminated areas and to facilitate properly trained personnel access to clean up the contaminated area.
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Call:  800.742.9198
1002 N. First Street
Vincennes, IN  47591
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