Access to MR Centre Building
| Pass Colour |
Allowed areas of access
|
Examples of type of person
|
Paperwork
Required |
|
RED
|
Seminar room, all offices and supervised access
to control rooms of magnets
(i.e. into outer controlled area - see below) |
All visitors to building (external staff, students, contractors
etc.)
|
Visitor Log Book (in
reception)
Must read safety information in log book and sign in (and out) under guidance from an 'authorised' person. |
|
AMBER
|
As above plus...
Magnet halls, under supervision by 'Authorised Person' (i.e. into the inner controlled area, marked by red and white tape) |
Visitor, student, contractor.
|
|
|
Volunteer
|
Visitors Log Book & Volunteer Safety
Screening Questionnaire
plus paperwork required by ethics relevant to specific study |
||
|
GREEN
|
All areas
|
MR Centre students, staff, cleaners and collaborators.
Some contractors.
|
Need to be an Authorised
Person
Collaborators/contractors/temporary staff will also have to sign Visitor Log Book on each visit and wear green visitor badge. |
Safety and Security of Magnet Halls
The first line of defence in preventing accidents in the magnet halls is the doors.
When not in use (even briefly) the magnet hall doors must be left LOCKED with the keys removed and put in their correct places. The security doors must also be kept locked and should not be put on the latch except under exceptional circumstances.
Outer Controlled Area
This area contains the 0.5mT (5 gauss) field line around magnets and is defined by the key-coded doors (these are are marked with black/yellow striped tape). No one with a pacemaker or aneurysm clips should pass beyond this limit.
Inner Controlled Area
This area contains the 3mT (30 gauss) field line around magnets and is marked
by red/white striped tape on the bottom of doors, or in the case of the 7T lab, the red and white chains.. No one should pass into this
area unless they have 'amber' or 'green' access to the building (see above table).
