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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 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