-    Formal approval of applications and inspections of facilities
-    Inventory, review and approval of biological hazards and safety practices
    Oversee responsibility for biosafety training practices

Forms:
 

PDF Format	Word Format
Biohazard Agent Registration Form	Biohazard Agent Registration Form
Recombinant DNA Registration Form	Recombinant DNA Registration Form
Investigator Responsibilities Certification Form (must be submitted with original registration)
Key Personnel Update Form	Key Personnel Update Form

Biosafety Training:

All employees at risk for occupational exposure to potentially biohazardous materials must be trained before beginning work or conducting biohazardous procedures independently.  To compete initial biosafety training or annual retraining please log onto http://prod.complynow.com
NOTE: Contact Ms. Dusty Layton at 460-6625 for employee login information.  This information must be obtained prior to accessing the program.

USA Procedures and Policies:

• Emergency Response Protocol
• Incident Reporting
• Biomedical Waste Policy (PDF file)  UPDATED: 9/2002
  
• Biomedical Waste and Sharps Disposal Flowchart (PDF file)
  
• Recommended Guidelines for pouring biomedical liquid waste down the sanitary sewer(PDF file)
• USA College of Medicine Biosafety Manual and Exposure Control Plan (PDF file)   UPDATED: 2/2004

 
• USA Biosafety Policy Statement:

The University of South Alabama College of Medicine Biosafety Committee meets as required by the National Institutes of Health to discuss and categorize biohazardous work and to formally register such work.  The committee is responsible for the inventory, review and approval of all biological hazards use and safety practices.  Details for registering biohazardous materials are contained in the USA College of Medicine Biosafety Manual.

Links to Regulatory Guidelines:

• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
• CDC/NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (May 1999)[The bible for biosafety guidelines]
• CDC/NIH Primary Containment for Biohazards: Selection, Installation and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets
• NIH Recombinant DNA Guidelines (Revised: April 2002)
• Risk Group Classification for Infectious Agents (American Biological Safety Association)
• Importation Permits for Etiologic Agents (CDC)
• Interstate Shipment of Etiologic Agents [42 CFR Part 72]
• Office of Biotechnology Activities (NIH)
• National Bioethics Advisory Commission

 

CDC Publishes Guidance for Handling Sensitive Agents
Material Safety Data Sheets (quick safety references for biological materials).  These sheets contain health hazard information such as infectious dose, viability (including decontamination), medical information, laboratory hazard, recommended precautions, handling information and spill procedures. These are specifically designed as a safety resource for a laboratory setting.

Engineering Controls:
FDA Safety Alert: Needlestick and Other Risks from Hypodermic Needles
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Sharps Disposal Containers
OSHA Needlestick Injuries

(Updated: 3/2004)