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KITCHEN ETIQUETTE
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- Do not wear any lab coats or other protective gear into the kitchen or the lunch area.
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- We strongly urge you, for your own sake, to wash your hand before using the kitchen and lunch area. You may be quite careful about what you handle, but do you know what that instrument computer keyboard was exposed to before you use it?
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- We strongly urge you, for your own sake, to wash your hands before using the kitchen and lunch area. You may be quite careful about what you handle, but do you know what that keyboard you were working on was exposed to before you use it?
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- Do not bring any shipped chemicals or similar items into the kitchen or the lunch area. If you are arriving with samples from your external lab, please take them directly to a work area. Note that there are extensive coat cupboards and storage areas adjacent to the guards' desk at the entrance.
Food preparation
- Cutting boards are provided and should always be used.
- Please wash down all surfaces after using them for food preparation.
Food storage
- As far as possible, please use plastic box containers to store your individual food items. We are now running short on fridge space for staff and visitors, so please do store items not requiring refrigeration elsewhere (but not in any lab space, of course).
- Every Friday, the refrigerator will be purged, so don't leave items there after 200P.
Your dishes and utensils
- DO NOT DISCARD SILVERWARE IN THE GARBAGE OR DOWN THE SINK -- teaspoons are very vulnerable.
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- Please remove immediately all disposable plates, cups, utensils to garbage when you are finished
- The dishwasher does not have legs and arms to come to get your plates. Please rinse dishes/cups/silverware and place in the dishwasher immediately. When the dishwasher is full, please start it up.
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- Please remove immediately all disposable plates, cups, utensils to garbage when you are finished.
- The dishwasher does not have legs and arms to come and get your plates. Please rinse dishes/cups/silverware and place in the dishwasher immediately. When the dishwasher is full, please start it up.
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- When the dishwasher is running, completely rinse your items, leaving cups filled with water in the sink.
- If the dishwasher is full of clean dishes, do a good deed and empty it.
- Please wipe off the table if there is any spillage.
Coffee preparation
- If a coffee machine is empty and you are not restarting it, please UNPLUG it from the wall.
Electric kettle
- This can produce a lot of steam -- please be sure that it is forward of the cabinets so it's not de-laminating the surfaces.
- If you empty the kettle, please refill it and turn it on for the next person.
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