Vivarium Safety
Last Updated: July 27, 2023 2:30:00 PM PDT
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Find vivarium safety information for work with research animals.
Vivarium and research activities involving animals are guided by university policy, national guidelines, industry standards, and federal, state, and county regulations.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
Occupational Health & Safety Requirements
- OHSP: Requirements for Individuals with Research Animal Exposure
- How to get a risk assessment
- Costs of Services
Related links:
Emergency procedures
Hazardous waste
- Animal carcass disposal pathway (PDF)
- Biohazardous and medical waste overview
- Instructions
- Sewer disposal
My Research Safety Web portal
Read about My Research Safety, a Web portal for centralized access to your Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) audits, inventory, and authorizations.
- Link to My Research Safety at myresearchsafety.ucsd.edu.
Principal investigators
Research safety
Safety Data Sheets
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Learn more about Safety Data Sheets:
Training
Contacts
- Vivarium Safety Contact: Kent Osborn, kgosborn@ucsd.edu
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), (858) 534-6069
- Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), (858) 534-5366
- Reporting animal care and use concerns, (858) 534-6069
- Research Assistance Program (RAP) Contacts
- UC San Diego Animal Care Program
- Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine (COEM), (619) 471-9210
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