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Biosafety Requirements

Principal Investigators Responsibilities/
Requirements Form 01 Initial & Triennial Registration Biosafety Training Work with Human Pathogens Work with Risk Group 3 Agents Select Agents Recombinant DNA Experiments Human Gene Transfer Work with Human Blood or Other Potentially Infectious Materials Work with Animals Involving Biohazards Biological Safety Cabinets Shipping Research Materials Biological Waste Disposal Medical Surveillance Requirements Hazardous Biological Toxins Field Biosafety Guidelines Non-Human Primates Materials Contact Information

Items marked with this symbol, " " , indicate that Principal Investigators and/or Lab Supervisors must contact the Office of Environmental Health & Safety at (785-3550) before initiating this work to ensure appropriate registration.

Work With Risk Group 3 Agents

Work with Risk Group 3 Agents (Biosafety Level 3) requires additional registration. Please contact Biosafety for more information. Work with Risk Group 4 agents (Biosafety Level 4) is not permitted at Yale University .

I. Inspections

The Occupational Health and Safety Section will periodically monitor your facility and procedures and answer any questions that you may have regarding safety.

II. Infectious Agents List

Please click here for a list of infectious agents.

III. Contact your Safety Advisor or EHS before you:

  • initiate experiments with a new infectious agent
  • change the scope or location of your existing experiments;
  • provide infectious agents to another investigator on or off campus; or
  • arrange for visiting researchers to work in your laboratory .

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Office of Environmental Health & Safety, 135 College Street, 1st Floor
New Haven, CT 06510-2411 Telephone: 203-785-3550 / Fax: 203-785-7588