Safety Services

• Calvin Shanks, Senior Director
• Jaqueline Lomeli, Regulatory Compliance Director
• Martha Quezada, Program Coordinator
• Daniel Gonzales, Senior Safety Officer
• Armando Ortega, Senior Safety Officer
• Carl Manning, Fire Marshal

• Emergency Management Plan
• Fire Safety Management Plan
• Hazardous Materials and waste Management Plan
• Medical Equipment Management Plan
• Safety Management Plan
• Security Management Plan

• HSCEP OP 75.01 - Texas Tech Health El Paso Safety Programs
• HSCEP OP 75.02 - Texas Tech Health El Paso Safety Committees
• HSCEP OP 75.03 - Hazardous Material Incidents
• HSCEP OP 75.04 - Codes and Standards - Compliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and other State-adopted Requirements
• HSCEP OP 75.05 - Contaminated-Suspect Equipment
  • Attachment A - Certificate of Decontamination
• HSCEP OP 75.06 - Corridor Storage
• HSCEP OP 75.07 - Elevator Usage
• HSCEP OP 75.08 - Aerial Plaform Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.09 - General Laboratory Use Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.10 - Biological and Chemical Hazards Policy for Research Facilities and Personnel
• HSCEP OP 75.11 - Health Surveillance Program for Texas Tech Health El Paso Institutional Health and Infection Control Program
  • Attachment A - Health Surveillance Program for Students
  • Attachment B - Health Surveillance Program for Employees
  • Attachment C - Health Surveillance Program for Volunteers
  • Attachment D - Health Surveillance Program for LARC Employees and
    Animal Handlers
• HSCEP OP 75.12 - Texas Tech Health El Paso Guidelines for Using N-95 Respirators
  • Attachment A - Fit Testing for N-95 Respirator Use - Hazard Assessment
  • Attachment B - Qualitative Fit Test Record
  • Attachment C - Information for Users of N95 and Other Filtering
    Face Piece Respirators
• HSCEP OP 75.13 - Shipment of Hazardous and Infectious Materials
• HSCEP OP 75.14 - Non-Employee Incident/Injury Procedures & Reporting
  • Attachment A - Non-Employee Incident/Injury Response Flow Diagram
  • Attachment B - Non-Employee Incident/Injury Report Form
  • Attachment C - Witness Statement
• HSCEP OP 75.15 - Management of Claims Relating to Public Areas of HSC Facilities/Property (excluding clinics)
  • Attachment A - Claims Procedure
• HSCEP OP 75.16 - Texas Tech Health El Paso Fire and Life Safety Policy
  • Attachment A - Fire Event Reporting
  • Attachment B - Fire Response Procedure
  • Attachment C - Fire Drills
  • Attachment D - Fire Extinguisher Operation and Types of Fire
  • Attachment E - Policy on Hot Work Performed Outside a Designated Area
  • Attachment F - Contractor Access & Hot Work Notification Form
  • Attachment G - Outage Request Form
• HSCEP OP 75.17 - Disposal of Expired Medications
• HSCEP OP 75.18 - Emergency Eyewash/Shower and Drench Stations
• HSCEP OP 75.19 - Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety
• HSCEP OP 75.20 - Fire Emergency Response Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.21 - Fire Extinguisher Monthly Inspection Procedure
• HSCEP OP 75.22 - Flood Emergency Response Policy (FERP)
• HSCEP OP 75.23 - Formaldehyde Safety Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.24 - Emergency Freeze Response Policy (EFRP)
• HSCEP OP 75.25 - Golf Cart Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.26 - Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.27 - Hazardous Materials Spill Response Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.28 - Industrial Trucks/Forklifts/Power Equipment
• HSCEP OP 75.29 - Liquid Nitrogen
• HSCEP OP 75.30 - Medical Equipment Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.31 - Strange Odor – Report Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.32 - Internal Event - Facility Use Policy
• HSCEP OP 75.33 - Emergency Evacuation Policy

• Emergency Preparedness

• Safety Team Member Duties and Responsibilities
• Safety Team Members
• Safety Team Member Assignments / Evacuation Plans
  • AEC - Academic Education Center Evacuation Map
  • ASB - Administrative Support Building & GGHSON - Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing
  • CSB - Clinical Science Building
  • MEB - Medical Education Building
  • MSB - Medical Science Building

• HSCEP OP 75.32 - Internal Event - Facility Use Policy
• Event Facility Form
• Event Service Fee’s
• Open Flame Heat Source Guidelines
• Campus Grill Guidelines
• I.T. Event Fee’s
• Food Truck Safety Guidelines
• TT Police Event Forms
• El Paso Campus Map

• Chemical Spill Report Form

• HSCEP OP 75.30 - Medical Equipment Policy

• American Biological Safety Association
• Biosafety in the Laboratory (Handling/Disposal of Infectious Materials)
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition   |  (Download)
• Bloodborne pathogens (OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1030)
• CDC Regulation of Select Agents and Toxins

National Select Agent Registry

• Public Health Agency of Canada MSDS for Infectious Substances
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

• Administrative Controls

• ZOLL AED Instructions

• Evac Chair Instructions