Biosafety Resources
Regulatory Documents
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition, CDC / NIH
- NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
Select Agent Regulations
- CDC Select Agent Regulations ( 42 CFR 73)
- APHIS Select Agent Regulations ( 7 CFR 331 and 9 CFR 121)
- Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 ( PDF)
- USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 ( PDF)
Other Biosafety Resources
- Roles and Responsibilities as stated in the NIH Guidelines
- Arthropod Containment Guidelines (A project of The American Committee of Medical Entomology of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- Biological Safety: Principles and Practices (by American Society for Microbiology)
- Containment Facilities and Safeguards for Exotic Plant Pathogens and Pests
- Differences between respirators and surgical masks (YouTube)
- EPA’s Registered Sterilizers, Tuberculocides, and Antimicrobial Products Against Certain Human Public Health Bacteria and Viruses
- Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel (FESAP) recommendations regarding the biosecurity measures of the CDC/APHIS select agents program ( PDF)
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices
- Hepatitis B information • CDC
- Johns Hopkins Antibiotic (ABX) Guide
- Laboratory Safety Monograph - A Supplement to the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research
- Laboratory Biosafety Manual 3rd Edition, World Health Organization
- Laminar Flow Hoods & Biological Safety Cabinets (YouTube)
- Medical Management of Biological Casualties - Handbook (US Army Med. Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) ( PDF)
- Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals by ILAR • National Academies Press
- Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDS) for Infectious Substances (previously MSDS)
- Reference book (not available electronically) Control of Communicable Diseases in Man (American Public Health Association)
- USDA Permits for Livestock and Poultry Pathogens
Regulatory Documents
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 6 th Edition, CDC / NIH
- NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
Select Agent Regulations
- CDC Select Agent Regulations ( 42 CFR 73)
- APHIS Select Agent Regulations ( 7 CFR 331 and 9 CFR 121)
- Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 ( PDF)
- USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 ( PDF)