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YALE UNIVERSITY

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 / Clinical 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 Non - Human Primates and Non-Human Primate Materials

I. Information on working safely with non-human primates is provided through the Yale Animal Resources Center . Please contact their Regulatory and Safety Services Section at 785-2526 for information on training and safe handling procedures. All non-human primate materials must be handled at a minimum of Biosafety Level 2 (BL2). Please contact the Biosafety Office (785-3550) prior to handling any non-human primate known to be infected with B-Virus to establish a set of safety procedures for your proposed work.

II. CDC'S BMBL 4th Edition, Section VII, "Agent Summary Statement", Section VII-F "Viral Agents (other than arboviruses)", pages 158-161.

III . CDC's BMBL 4th Edition, Appendix H, "Working with Human and Other Primate Cells and Tissues".

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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