UC Denver Environmental Health and Safety
Biosafety Program

Program Areas

This information is for all UC Denver investigators, research professionals and staff who conduct or are engaged in biological or biomedical studies, and are subject to UC Denver Biological Safety Programs..

Work with or exposure to the following items qualify as exposure to Infectious agents, blood-borne pathogens, and/or Recombinant DNA:

• Human or non-human primate blood, bodily fluids, unfixed tissues and organs;
• Infectious agents and by-products;
•Cell or tissue cultures of human origin;
• Oncogenic viruses;
• Recombinant DNA molecules and by-products;
•Select Agents.

Links:

CDC Health Information for International Travel ("Yellow Book") 2008 (Posted Oct 2007)

Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule 2007-2008 (MMWR, CDC) (Posted Oct 2007)

Health Care Personnel Vaccination Recommendations (CDC, 2007) (Posted Oct 2007)

Institutional Biosafety Committee

Regulations, Policies and Guidelines

Forms

Manuals

Training - General Bio-Safety
-Tutorial: Retroviruses and Their Applications
-Guidance: Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors

Biological Materials Shipping UPDATE - January 2007

IATA Guidance - 48th DGR - Infectious Substances (posted January 2007)

U.S. Department of Transportation's Guide to Transporting Infectious Substances

Mailing Exempt Patient Specimens in US Mail

Compliance Notes

Guidance Notes

Web Links

Email Biosafety related questions or comments