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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Thoughts on some arguments against drains under safety showers
Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 11:56:23 AM
Author: Melissa Anderson <mwanderson08**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Thoughts on some arguments against drains under safetyshowers
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:49:59 +0000
Author: "Cooper, Tammy L"

From: Stefanie Gangano <stefanie.gangano**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Thoughts on some arguments against drains under safetyshowers
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 09:45:12 -0700
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Hi,

 

I thought the main reason to not have a drain under the safety shower is that you don't want whatever you are trying to wash off to go into the general waste water system. Did I have it wrong all these years?

 

Stefanie

 

 

 

From: Melissa Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 9:41 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Thoughts on some arguments against drains under safetyshowers

 

Hi Everyone,

 

This is a topic that's been discussed in depth before, but the architects planning our new science building had two arguments against drains under safety showers that I wasn't that familiar with and wanted to get people's thoughts:

 

They say:

1) Some medical facilities are calling them a health hazard due to possible build-up of biological stuff (presumably bacteria or mold?)

2) The drain will be too small to capture enough water to make it worth the cost (they did accept that a sloped floor might help with this)

 

Thoughts?

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