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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.

Biosafety Training

Safety training programs include Bloodborne Pathogens, General Biosafety, Shipping/Transport of Infectious Substances, Work with HIV, Tuberculosis, BL3 Laboratory Training and the Safe Use of Biological Safety Cabinets. Training programs are provided as general campus sessions or can be arranged specifically for your department or laboratory group.

P.I. Orientation to Yale's Biological Safety Manual, Procedures & Policies Training
This training focuses on Principal Investigator requirements for registering work and training employees, occupational health requirements when working with biohazardous materials, incident response, protocol risk assessment, decontamination procedures, PPE requirements and shipping procedures. The University's Training Management System will notify you if you need to complete this requirement.

Please review the "Biosafety Training Matrix" for information on required training.

For a current list of EHS classroom sessions, visit Yale's training website at http://www.yale.edu/training. To request a specific training session for your group or department call 785-3211.

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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