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As National Biosafety Month continues, we would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the Biosafety Site Visit and Consultation process. As described in Chapter 11 of the Institutional Biosafety Plan, the process involves the following: Biosafety Review: A comprehensive review of the facilities, equipment and practices covered under each BUA is required when a new facility is … Read More

As National Biosafety Month continues, we would like to announce a new set of 34 safety SOPs developed by EH&S Biosafety and the IBC. The SOPs cover a range of standard lab practices and lay out steps aimed at protecting personnel and the environment from exposure. Please review the SOPs that correspond to your operations. If you feel that they … Read More

As noted in last week’s announcement, October is National Biosafety Month. We would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the IBC’s purview. The IBC reviews and approves applications for academic research and teaching activities involving the following materials: Recombinant/synthetic nucleic acid molecules, as covered by the NIH Guidelines Infectious agents that can cause disease in healthy humans … Read More

For the fourth consecutive year, the National Institutes of Health has designated October as National Biosafety Month. This year’s theme is promoting biosafety through good governance. During the month of October, institutions are encouraged to highlight the importance of biosafety and to undertake activities to strengthen their biosafety programs. To celebrate this year, the IBC Administrative Staff and EH&S Biosafety … Read More

We are pleased to announce that SafetyNet is now integrated with Worksafe, the EH&S system for tracking trainings. You will notice several changes when you login to SafetyNet. Team Members popup window: When you add an individual to the Team Members page of the BUA, you will immediately see information related to whether the required training is (a) current, (b) … Read More

On behalf of the Biosafety Division of UCLA Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) and the UCLA Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), we are pleased to present the UCLA Institutional Biosafety Plan. The Plan details expectations for the use, storage and transfer of biological materials in alignment with Federal and State regulations and guidelines in support of UCLA’s goal to prevent workplace … Read More

I am pleased to inform you that we have launched a new website for Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC). Dual use research refers to scientific activities conducted for legitimate purposes that generate knowledge, information, technologies, and/or products that can be utilized for both benevolent and harmful purposes. Conceivably, much of research could be considered dual use. The effective oversight … Read More

The IBC has developed a new Visitor Policy, available at the IBC Visitor Policy web page. The objective of this policy is to identify the conditions under which visitors (as defined in the Policy) are allowed to perform academic activity or conduct research or teaching activities in a UCLA laboratory, greenhouse, clinic area, or animal facility in which biohazardous materials … Read More

The IBC has developed a new policy titled Use of Glass Pipettes in BSL-2 or Higher Laboratories. This policy addresses the risk that glass pipettes could break and become a sharp which can lead to injury and exposure to hazardous biological materials. Below are the main points from this policy: Glass pipettes must be eliminated from all BSL2, BSL2+ and … Read More