As part of RWTH Aachen University, MCh encourages all staff members to keep general track on health. RWTH offers a braod range of University Sports, where every staff member may take part. Traditionally, staff members of MCh play football once a week, mostly on Fridays (see MCh Sports). On the target for reducing the annual impact on flue-like diseases on MCh staff we installed hand desinfection spenders in the rest rooms. We strongly recommend to use these regularly.

At RWTH Aachen security is maintained by the RWTH Security Guards located in the main building.

The RWTH Guards are checking buidlings by night and are available 24/7. The automatic main building doors are open from 8:00 to 17:00, generally. Outside this time you will need a key to enter the building.

The automatic floor doors on the 2nd and 3rd floor are activated in the morning around 7:00 and are deactivated in the afternoon, generally around 16:30.

In case of emergency please call 113.

The following persons are responsible for security issues at MCh:

• Dr. Simon Münstermann, Security Officer
• Dieter Horbach, General Security Inspector
• Bernd Conrad, Electrics, Laser and Radiation Inspector

All MCh security officers are regularly trained in First Aid.

Safety issues are essential for MCh since we are a research institute where experimental setups are continuously modified and a number of potentially hazardous materials are used in the labs.

In MCh labs…

C₂H₂ — Acetylen:Acetylen
Ar — Argon: Argon
He — Helium: Helium
Kr — Krypton: Krypton
C₃H₈ — Propan: Propan
Corgon 18 (WIG-Schweißen): Sagox
O₂ — Sauerstoff: Sauerstoff
N — Stickstoff: Stickstoff
Synthetische Luft: Synthetische Luft
H₂ — Wasserstoff: Wasserstoff

Stickstoff tiefkalt: Flüssige Luft