Biological Safety

The Biological Safety Program provides guidance for minimizing health and environmental exposures to biological hazards, oversight for research with biological materials, and compliance with the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standard.

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for reviewing all University activities involving the use of biohazards, recombinant DNA, select agents, and bloodborne pathogens. The IBC evaluates risk and defines containment and practices for safe work with infectious agents and biologically derived infectious materials.

The Biological Safety Specialist is Hannah Goodnight.

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Biosafety Cabinets

Biological Toxins

Bloodborne Pathogens

Institutional Biosafety Committee

Select Agents

Biological Safety Program Pages

Institutional Biological Safety Committee (IBC)
Select Agents
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (occupational exposure to human tissues)
Dual User Research of Concern (DURC) Institutional Review Entity (IRE)

Biological Safety Procedures

Training

Bloodborne Pathogens Training
CITI Training for Research Instructions
(After following steps 1-9, scroll down to Item # 15 for Biosafety)
Lab Safety Series (This training series consists of three trainings. New Employee Orientation, Regulated Waste Generator, and Laboratory Safety- Chemical Hygiene and GHS/OSHA). These are required for anyone working in a lab. Refresher class every 3 years.