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Download the full Biosafety Manual 591 KB
Download each section individually below:
Note: only sections of the manual that are currently available are offered for download
TABLE OF CONTENTS 38 KB
- Introduction 14 KB

- Program Administration 53 KB
- Office of the Vice President for Financial Affairs
- UAB Institutional Biosafety Committee
- The Department of Occupational Health & Safety
- Biosafety Division
- Biosafety Officer
- Deans/Department Chairs/Directors
- Principal Investigators/Laboratory Directors
- Laboratory Staff
- Liability Considerations
- Incidents of Non-compliance
- Project Registration
- New Project Registration
- Renewals
- Modifications of previously registered projects
- IBC/Biosafety Approval
- Appeal Process
- Principles of Biosafety 33 KB
- Containment
- Primary Containment (Safety Equipment)
- Secondary Containment (Facility Design)
- Basic Laboratory Safety
- Biosafety Levels - in brief
- Biohazards and Potentially Infectious Materials
- Definitions
- Potentially Infectious Materials Use
- Microbes
- Human Blood, Blood Products, Body Fluids and Tissues
- Tissue/Cell Culture
- Animal Use
- Minimum Biosafety Guidelines
- Infected Animals
- Use of Non-human Primates
- Recombinant DNA/RNA Use
- In the laboratory
- Human Gene Transfer (Therapy)
- Transgenic Animals
- Transgenic Plants
- Restricted Research Activities 61 KB
- Select Agents
- Attenuated Strains of Material on the Select Agents List
- Non-viable Agents on the Select Agents List
- Select Agent Toxin Exclusions
- Select Agents in Clinical or Diagnostic Samples
- Requesting Exemptions from the Select Agent Regulation
- Denial, Revocation, or Suspension of Registration
- Prohibited Research Activities
- Biosafety Containment Levels
- Laboratory Biosafety Level 1 (BSL-1)
- Laboratory Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2)
- Laboratory Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3)
- Laboratory Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4)
- Animal Biosafety Level 1 (ABSL-1)
- Animal Biosafety Level 2 (ABSL-2)
- Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL-3)
- Animal Biosafety Level 4 (ABSL-4)
- Biological Agents and Biohazard Classification 45 KB
- Risk Group 1 (RG1)
- Risk Group 2 (RG2)
- Risk Group 3 (RG3)
- Risk Group 4 (RG4)
- Restricted Animal Pathogens
- Administrative Controls
- Labels and Signs
- Laboratory Safety Plan (Standard Operating Procedures)
- Medical Surveillance
- Training
- Audits & Site Visits
- Visitors/Minors in the lab
- Engineering Controls
- Biological Safety Cabinets 48 KB

- Personal Protective Equipment
- Centrifuges
- Autoclaves
- Other Safety Equipment
- Work Practices
- Prudent Practices, Housekeeping, Hygiene
- Universal Precautions
- Syringes and Needles
- Use of Biological Safety Cabinets
- Blenders, Ultrasonic Disrupters, and Grinders
- Laundry
- Decontamination Procedures
- Tuberculosis and the Workplace - Respiratory Fit Testing
- Management of Biohazardous Materials
[Under construction]
- Transportation of Biologic & Infectious Substances
- Within UAB
- Shipments From UAB
- Import and Export of Biological Materials
- Select Agent Transfer
- Emergency Response 38 KB
- Needlesticks and Exposures to Human Blood, Body Fluids, and Tissues
- Other Personal Injury
- Spill Response
- Other Emergencies
APPENDICES
- UAB IBC Roles and Responsibilities 41 KB

- UAB Employee Occupational Health Program 43 KB

- Exposure Control Plan Template 71 KB

- Properties of Common Disinfectants
- Project Registration 201 KB

- Registration for Recombinant DNA/RNA Research 151 KB

- Select Agent Program Registration
- UAB Medical Waste Management Plan 38 KB

- Herpesvirus Simiae (Herpes B) Guidelines
- Immunization Policy & Biosafety Considerations for Users of Vaccinia, Vaccinia Vectors & Other Orthopox Viruses 93 KB

- Guidelines for Work with Adenoviral Vectors
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