{"id":19466,"date":"2024-06-03T09:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=19466"},"modified":"2024-10-24T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T13:58:37","slug":"ehs-centralized-equipment-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/ehs-topics\/ehs-centralized-equipment-management\/","title":{"rendered":"EHS Centralized Equipment Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Central management of equipment is a critical aspect of operational efficiency and organizational success. By centralizing the oversight and maintenance of biosafety cabinets, ultra low temperature (ULT) freezers, gas sensors, animal transfer stations, eye washes, and safety showers BU EHS can ensure optimal functionality, reduce downtime, and extend the lifespan of these assets.\u00a0 Central management of these equipment types will allow for higher productivity, reliability, and overall performance, making it an indispensable component of EHS safety operations.\u00a0 Please click on the links below to learn more about how each of these equipment types is managed by EHS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animal Cage Racks<\/li>\n<li>Animal Transfer Stations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/laboratory-safety-home\/laboratory-safety-policies\/policy-on-maintenance-and-certification-of-biological-safety-cabinets-bscs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biological Safety Cabinets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/laboratory-safety-home\/laboratory-safety-programs-services\/chemical\/gas-cylinder-safety-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gas Sensors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/laboratory-safety-home\/laboratory-safety-policies\/maintenance-and-certification-of-ultra-low-temperature-ult-freezers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ULT Freezers (-80)<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/ethics-compliance\/safety\/laboratory-safety\/safe-effective-freezer-storage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Safe &amp; Effective Freezer Storage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/ehs\/files\/2024\/10\/Optimizing-Risk-Management-for-ULT-Freezers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optimizing Risk Management for ULT Freezers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/residential-safety-home\/residential-safety-programs-services\/industrial-hygiene\/safety-shower-and-eyewash-toolkit\/emergency-eyewash-and-safety-shower-equipment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eye Washes and Safety Showers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central management of equipment is a critical aspect of operational efficiency and organizational success. By centralizing the oversight and maintenance of biosafety cabinets, ultra low temperature (ULT) freezers, gas sensors, animal transfer stations, eye washes, and safety showers BU EHS can ensure optimal functionality, reduce downtime, and extend the lifespan of these assets.\u00a0 Central management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3090,"featured_media":0,"parent":13750,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19466"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19665,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19466\/revisions\/19665"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}