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Biological Safety
Office: (412) 268-8405

Last updated August 29, 2008 9:51 AM

The Biological Safety Program provides services related to the uses of biological and/or infectious agents. Biological/infectious agents regulated are human, animal, and plant pathogens, human blood and blood components, recombinant DNA, cell and tissue cultures, etc. The program services include:

  • Oversight of compliance issues involving the receipt, possession, use and transfer of biological materials
  • Select agent registration
  • Oversight of the university’s blood borne pathogens program
  • Safe laboratory practices
  • Laboratory biological safety level (BSL) assignment
  • Safety training
  • Waste disposal
  • Surveillance and certification of biological safety cabinets
  • Participation in the review of recombinant DNA applications

 

Biological Materials Inventory Checklist

Biological Safety Supplies

Biological Waste

Biological Safety Forms, Policies and Links of Interest

The Vector Newsletter

Biological Safety Supplies

The Biological Safety Supplies List provides a list of items that are often recommended or required to be used in laboratories working with biological materials. This list is intended to be a resource and is by no means an endorsement of a particular brand of product or vendor. Questions regarding this list as well as alternatives to the products provided in this list should be addressed to the University’s Biological Safety Officer at 8-8405.

Biological Forms and Links of Interest Updated Web-based Format Application-based Formats
ABSL-2 Checklist 03/20/2007   .pdf
Adenoviral Vectors - SOP and Working Safely 03/20/2007   .pdf
Biological Inspection Checklist 03/20/2007   .pdf
Biological Safety Plan 03/20/2007   .pdf
Biological Safety Site Specific Training Checklist 03/20/2007   .pdf
Biological Safety Supply List 05/16/2008   .pdf
BSL-2 Commissioning Checklist 03/20/2007   .pdf
CDC and Prevention's Biosafety Page 03/20/2007 .htm
CDC-NIH's Publication - Biosafety in Microbiological Biomedical Laboratories 03/20/2007 .htm
Exposure Control Plan 03/20/2007   .pdf

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

  • Animal Protocol Application
  • Second and third year renewal application
  • Literature Search Engines
03/20/2007

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Institutional Biological Safety Committee

  • rDNA Application for Review - for new poject
  • rDNA Protocol Modification for modifying an existing approved application
  • rDNA Renewal Form - for a continuation of a exisiting approved application
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Lentiviral Vectors - SOP and Working Safely 03/20/2007   .pdf
NIH Recombinant DNA Guidlines 03/20/2007   .pdf
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard 03/20/2007 .htm  
Public Health Agency of Canada's Material Safety Data Sheets for Infectious Microrganisms 03/20/2007 .html  
Regulatory Compliance Administration 03/20/2007 .htm
University of Virginia's Safe Medical Device Webpage 03/20/2007 .htm
US Department of Health and Human Services' Select Agent Program 03/20/2007 .htm

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