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The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Education Board published Guidelines for Teaching Laboratories in 2012.1 The ASM publication was influenced...

Hepatitis B Vaccinations

The OSHA Bloodborne Standard applies to all employers (Principal Investigators and Supervisors) and employees that may have an exposure to...

University of Utah Biosafety Manual

The purpose of the University of Utah Biosafety manual is to specify the practices, procedures and requirements for the safe...

Guidelines for Pregnant Women Working in Laboratories

The following guidelines are provided for women who work in a laboratory environment and are pregnant, nursing, or are trying...

Requirements for testing lentiviral stocks for replication competent virus

Lentivirus vector stocks generated with 2nd generation packaging systems AND transfer plasmids with wild type LTRs (i.e., not self-inactivating transfer...

P.I Welcome

Welcome to the University of Utah! We are delighted you are here. Your responsibilities for operations pertaining to common laboratory...

Site Specific Training Topics for Supervisors

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 2016 After completing the University’s on-line New Hire Safety Orientation, and before beginning on their job tasks,...

Chemical Spill Clean-Up Procedures

Attend to anyone who may have been contaminated Notify occupants in the immediate area about the spill. Evacuate all nonessential...

Lab Safety Program Summary Sheet

Regulations governing Laboratory Safety at the University of Utah: 1. 29 CFR 1910.1450 Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories...

General Industrial Hygiene Program Summary Sheet

The industrial hygiene (IH) program focuses on the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of potential workplace hazards that have the...

Biosafety Medical Surveillance

Medical Surveillance for Working with Biological Materials All employees in research laboratories working with, or who may be exposed to,...

Core Responsibilities of the University’s Hazardous Waste Management Program

This program area involves providing direction, oversight and coordination aimed at ensuring the proper storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous...

Household Hazardous Waste Use and Disposal

Household hazardous waste (HHW) is defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as any product that contain corrosive, toxic or ignitable...

How to conduct a Risk Assessment

Adapted from the “Guidelines for Safe Work Practices in Human and Animal Medical Diagnostic Laboratories: Recommendations of a CDC-convened, Biosafety...