Resources

UMass Dartmouth Resources

• IBC Policies & Procedures 
• IBC Submission Review Flow Chart 

External Resources

National Institute of Health (NIH)

• NIH Supplement: Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors 
• Dual Use Research

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 6th Edition (PDF)

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and United States Department of Agriculture

• Federal Select Agents and Toxins (PDF)

National Sanitation Foundation

• NSF-49: for Biological Safety Cabinet Certification (PDF)

Websites

• American Biological Safety Association Risk Group Database, and American Type Culture Collection Website
• Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) Standards, and especially the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen (“BBP”) standard (29 CFR 1910. 1030).
  
• American National Standards Institute (“ANSI”)/International Safety Equipment Association (“ISEA”) standards for eye washes (ANSI/ISEA Z358.1).
• Department of Transportation (“DOT”)/International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) standards for shipping biohazardous agents.

Articles

• Domestic and International Shipping of Biospecimens Article by Gordy et. al.