Users of this facility are reminded that all university infection control policies apply, including:

• Face masks covering the nose and mouth are required to be worn in any shared space indoors.
• At least six feet (2 meters) of distance must always be maintained between people.
• Persons entering this facility must be free of recognized COVID-19 symptoms including: fever, sore throat, anosmia, chills, generalized muscle pain, or shortness of breath.

Facility use policies

1. Maximum occupancy
   • Main galleries: 24
     • Please do not enter if stanchions are over the entrance.
     • Please enter and exit from the hallway door.
     • There is nothing available for touch in this space.
     • Sanitize hands prior to entry after exit.
   • Classroom:13
     • 11 students seated at existing tables, plus 2 instructors.
     • Please enter and exit from the hallway door.
     • Sanitize hands prior to entry and after exit. Wash the sink handles when you wash hands.
     • No blood in this sink. No biological waste in garbages.
   • Wet lab: 2
     • Sanitize hands in this sink or after exit.
     • This room is always considered contaminated. The sink may be used to wash blood. Garbage may contain biological waste.
   • Malacology gallery: 10
     • 8 people at observation stations, plus 2 instructors
     • There is nothing available for touch in this space. 
     • Sanitize hands prior to entry and after exit.
   • Imaginarium: 8
     • 7 people at observation stations, plus one instructor.
     • There is nothing available for touch in this space. 
     • Sanitize hands prior to entry and after exit.
2. Authorized personnel (all spaces):
   • Steve Sullivan
   • Julie Robinson
   • Carla Blackmar
3. Please sanitize materials or equipment used by:
   • All spaces
     • Books, paper, and other porous, chemically intolerant materials: Remove from circulation for 48 hours.
     • Surfaces and tools: Wipe clean with a solution of either:
       • 70% alcohol (ethyl or isopropyl)
       • 10% bleach (not for use on stainless steel; during public hours, limit use to minimize potential for damage to visitor objects)
   • Main galleries: Discovery Trunks have a 7 day wait between loans.
   • Classroom: The teacher workstation is to be considered a fomite. Wash hands after each use. It will be cleaned at the end of each day with alcohol.
   • Wet Lab: This room and its contents are considered contaminated. Wash hands after leaving.
   • Malacology Gallery
     • Hard surfaces: Wipe clean with a solution 70% Alcohol (ethyl or isopropyl).
     • Furniture: Spray with Lysol at end of day.
     • Specimens: Remove from circulation for 7 days.
   • Imaginarium
     • Spray with Lysol at end of day.
     • Ensure that no cleaner impacts the space of any vivaria.