Vivarium Safety

• About Vivarium Safety
• The top 10 things you must know
• Research authorizations
  • Research safety authorizations for principal investigators
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
• Administrative responsibilities
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
  • IACUC frequently asked questions
  • Animal Care Program

• Animal welfare/ Animal research training
• Biosafety
• General lab safety and chemical safety
• Hazardous waste
• Radiation safety

Risk assessment/ medical monitoring 

• How to get a risk assessment
• Medical consultation requirement for high-risk biological agents 
• Occupational Health & Safety Policy (OSHP) for individuals with research animal exposure
  • OSHP information brochure (PDF)
• Preventing reproductive hazards

Hazard control

• Hearing Conservation Program
• How to safely lift and carry
• Respiratory Protection Program

Emergency

• Emergency Guide
• Needlestick or other exposure to blood, body fluids, and recombinant DNA
• What to do if a work-related injury, illness, or exposure occurs

• Biosafety
  • Biological safety
  • Bloodborne Pathogens Program
  • Decontamination methods for laboratory use
  • Select agents overview
• Chemical and laboratory safety
  • Chemical Safety
  • Laboratory safety
  • Animal experiments using antineoplastic or investigational new drugs
  • Animal experiments using known or suspect carcinogens
  • Controlled substances
• Gases
  • Anesthetic gases in research environments
  • Compressed gas overview
• Radiation safety

• Animal carcass disposal pathway (PDF)
• Biohazardous and medical waste overview
• Instructions
  • Biohazardous and Medical Waste Disposal Guidelines poster:
    • Campus locations (PDF)
    • Hillcrest locations (PDF)
  • Biohazardous and medical waste packaging and disposal
  • Radioactive waste storage and disposal
  • Sharps disposal
• Sewer disposal
  • Wash and rinse water disposal
  • What can go down the drain?

• PPM 100-6, UCSD Policy on the Use of Animals in Research and Teaching (PDF)
• Animal Care Program Support
• Close or relocate a UCSD laboratory
• Decontamination clearance for equipment or facilities
• Forms (Environment, Health & Safety)
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) sources
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Pest control
• Research safety resources

• Vivarium Safety Officer: Deborah Durand, (858) 534-6715
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), (858) 534-6069
• Reporting animal care and use concerns, (858) 534-6069
• Research Assistance Program (RAP) Contacts
• UCSD Animal Care Program
• Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine (COEM), (619) 471-9210