• UCSD biosafety policies and guidelines
• Regulations and standards for biosafety
• Government and research institutions
• Material safety data sheets (MSDS)
• Shipping hazardous biological materials
• Shipping – domestic
• Shipping – international
• Reference sources

UCSD biosafety policies and guidelines:

• Biosafety Handbook (PDF, 1.74 MB)
• Core Bio Services, (formerly the Core Cell Culture Facility) UCSD School of Medicine

Regulations and standards for biosafety:

• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL), 4th Edition, May 1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• California Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, State of California, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)
• Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules, National Institutes of Health
• Primary Containment for Biohazards: Selection, Installation, and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Select Agent Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Government and research institutions:

• Center for Biosecurity , University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Organization For Rare Disorders
• Office of Biotechnology Activities, National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• World Health Organization

Material safety data sheets (MSDS)

• Biosafety Material Safety Data Sheets
• UCSD's MSDS Sources

Shipping

Transportation of any hazardous material (isotope, chemical, or biohazard) from or to UCSD must adhere to strict regulatory guidelines. Read How to Ship Hazardous Materials for UCSD procedures.

Shipping – domestic

• Code of Federal Regulations, National Archives and Records Administration
• Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Shipping – international

• Guidelines for the Safe Transport of Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens, World Health Organization
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air, International Air Transportation Association (IATA)

Reference Sources

• American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) – professional association that publishes and distributes a quarterly journal, "Applied Biosafety," and a number of other biosafety publications
• Risk Group Classification for Infectious Agents, ABSA categorizes infectious agents based on their relative risk
• American Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics.net – moral issues in the fields of medical treatment and research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
• Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy, University of Minnesota – general bioterrorism information
• Medical Matrix – a project of the American Medical Association's Internet Working Group
• MEDLINEplus – health topics, drug information, medical encyclopedia, dictionary, and other resources
• Medscape from WebMD – peer-reviewed articles, color graphics, stored literature searches, and annotated links to Internet resources
• Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Multimedia Medical Reference Library – medical information resources for medical professionals, students, and patients
• National Health Information Center – toll-free information numbers, federal clearinghouses, and other resources
• National Institutes of Health Library – health information, scientific journals, and books
• National Library of Medicine – world's largest medical library
• OncoLink, University of Pennsylvania – information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments, and news about research advances
• PubMed – references and abstracts from more than 4,500 biomedical journals, National Library of Medicine
• UCSD Biomedical and Medical Center Libraries

If you are a UCSD employee with questions, contact EH&S Biosafety, (858) 534-5366.