Number 41 June, 2001

Proper Shipping Address on Orders is Crucial

The University's license requires that couriers deliver radioactive material packages directly to the Office for Research Safety. Using the proper shipping address on orders is important because it prevents couriers from delivering these materials to your laboratory. Couriers may not be aware of the requirement and they will deliver the package to whomever it is addressed. Use the following addresses on your blankets and single orders:

Chicago Campus
Northwestern University
Office for Research Safety
745 N Fairbanks Court
Chicago, IL 60611
Room B-106 Ward Building
attn: RSO/_______________ (fill in name of authorized investigator)

Evanston Campus
Northwestern University
Office for Research Safety
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3121
Room NG65 Technological Institute
attn: RSO/_______________ (fill in name of authorized investigator)

The name of the authorized investigator is required -- not the name of a department assistant or a student or a lab tech. If the name of the authorized investigator is not on the shipping paper, delivery of the package to your laboratory may be delayed. If department assistants place such orders, please give them these instructions.

Package delivered directly to your lab anyway? Follow these instructions.

• Accept delivery (if the address is incorrect it is not the courier's fault).
• Do not open the package.
• Bring the unopened package to ORS immediately.