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Bioscience Technology: Safety

Lab Safety

Federal Statute on Safety Data Sheets
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)
National Fire Protection Association
fire safety standards
Canada's Workplace Hazardous Materials System
World Health Organization biosafety standards
NIH Guidelines for Research involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules

Lab safety incidents and issues

Lab-Acquired West Nile Virus Infections
From CDC's MMWR, a report of 2 cases
High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: Preliminary Observations on the Oversight of the Proliferation of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Labs in the USA
Includes reports of 3 incidents, highlighting need for safety oversight and reporting.

Online safety training programs

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), 6th ed.
US Dept of Health and Human Services, CDC, and NIH -- full text available to read online or download
Biological Safety -- EHS at University of Iowa
UC San Diego Biosafety Program
Comprehensive and informative
University of Iowa: BSL Criteria

Be safe!

ABSA -- The Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity

ABSA International