Policies & Manuals

Policies

The following research safety campus policies have been approved approved by the Research Safety Policy Council:

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Research Safety Training

• Educational Assignments in the Lab 

• Institutional Roles and Responsibilities for Safety Culture

These additional policies may also be relevant to your research:

• Volunteer Services

• Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)

• Fire Safety

• Safe Asset Exchange for Labs (Rheaply)

• Rules for parked drinks at the entrance of laboratories

Manuals

• Biosafety Manual, Sixth Edition: provides detailed guidelines for handling pathogenic microorganisms and other potentially infectious materials at Biosafety Level 2. 

• Biological Spill Protocol: ensures you know what to do when that 20ml culture of Bacillus anthracis, or another potentially infectious substance, spills all over your lab bench. 

• Chemical Hygiene Plan: provide detailed guidelines for the safe handling of chemicals.

• Radiation Safety Manual: provides detailed guidelines for safe handling of radioactive materials.

• Radioactive Incident Response: provides guidance on who to contact and what to do if you think you’ve been exposed to sources of radiation or encountered an overexposure.

• Best Practices for Temporary Shut Down and Restart of a Class II Biosafety Cabinet

• Best Practices for Temporary Shut Down and Restart of CO2 Incubators