Biosafety Documents & Forms

All documents and forms for biological safety at UCLA will be found on this page.

• Administrative Forms
• Biohazard Door Card Request form
  Biosafety Manual Template

  Lab-specific training request form
  Medical Waste Accumulation Site Key Issuance Form
  Select Toxin Due Diligence Form
  Select Toxin Worksheet
  Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid (r/sNA) Labels
• Checklists & Logs

• Checklists

  ABSL-1 Self-Assessment Checklist
  BSL-1 Self-Assessment Checklist
  BSL-2/2+ Assessment Checklist
  Laboratory-specific Biosafety Training Checklist (for new employees)
  Laboratory-specific Biosafety Training Record (for annual refresher training and new SOPs)

  
  Logs

  Equipment Maintenance Log
  Housekeeping and Decontamination Log
  Incident and Near Miss Log
  Select Toxin Inventory Log

• Cal/OSHA Exposure Control Plans (ECPs) and Post Exposure Plans (PEPs)
• ATD Exposure Control Plan (ECP) Template
  BBP Exposure Control Plan (ECP) Template
  
  Template - Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  
  Hepatitis C Virus Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Herpes Simplex Virus Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Listeria monocytogenes Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  MSSA Staphylococcus aureus Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Mycobacterium leprae Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Non-replicating FIV-based Lentiviral Vector Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Non-replicating HIV-based Lentiviral Vector Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Non-replicating MMLV-based Retroviral Vector Post Exposure Plan (PEP)
  Wild-Type SIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (SOP)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Animal procedures

  
  Animal Biosafety Level 2 and 2+ Containment

  Biohazardous Animal: Adeno-associated Virus in Rodents

  Biohazardous Animal: Cage Changing & Washing

  Biohazardous Animal: Disposal

  Biohazardous Animal: Handling & Restraint

  Biohazardous Animal: Injections

  Biohazardous Animal: Intranasal & Oral Administration

  Biohazardous Animal: Necropsy

  Biohazardous Animal: Transport

  Handling Biohazardous Animals Outside of a Biosafety Cabinet

  Handling Non-human Primate Cells & Tissues

  
  Emergency response

  ABC Poster: Biohazard Exposure Response 

  Biohazardous Spill Response

  Incident Response & Reporting

  
  General operations

  Aerosol-generating Equipment

  Aspiration Flask Setup, Use & Maintenance

  Biohazardous Material Transport

  Biosafety Cabinet Use

  Centrifugation

  Decontamination

  Donning & Doffing PPE

  ELISA

  Flaming Inoculating Loops

  Hand Sanitation

  Handling Human Materials Outside of a Biosafety Cabinet

  Imaging Live Cells

  Sharps Use

  Specialty topics

  Containment Level Change

  Core Facility Management

  Human Gene Transfer Template

  Phlebotomy

  Select Toxin Handling & Waste

  
  Waste handling

  Liquid Medical Waste
  Non-Hazardous Recombinant DNA Waste

  Sharps Medical Waste

  Solid Medical Waste
• UCLA Safe Research in the Biological Sciences Guidance

• Biosafety Guidance for Safe Research

  Institutional Biosafety Plan
  Cyostat General Safety Guideline

  Medical Waste Generator Guidance

  
  Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Guidance for Safe Research

  CRISPR/Cas9 Technology Hazard Communication

  Glass Pasteur Pipette Ban in BSL-2 and Above Labs

  Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC): Who are they and what do they do?

  Mycobacterium marinum Hazard Communication

  Zika Virus: Guidelines for Working Safely in the Laboratory
• Factsheets

• Biological Safety Cabinets Selection, Installation & Maintenance
  Biosafety Spill Kit: What goes in it?
  Bloodborne Pathogen or HIV Exposure Emergency Response Information
  BSL-1 Liquid and Solid Disposal
  California Compliant Medical Waste Bags
  Cal/OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
  Examples of Sharps Protection
  Injury, Incident and/or Exposure Reporting
  Medical Waste Self-Check
  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  Prion Research Guidance
  Sharps Protection for Researchers
  Select Toxins
  Sodium Hypochlorite (Bleach) Chemical Incompatibility
  Sterile Technique

  Health Alerts

  Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  Lab Animal Allergies and Occupational Asthma
  Personal Health Risks in Laboratories

• References
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) — Quick Reference (5th ed.)
  Cal/OSHA ATD Standard — Quick Reference
  Cal/OSHA BBP Standard — Quick Reference
  California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Medical Waste Management Act
  EPA Approved Disinfectants List A: Registered Sterilizers
  EPA Approved Disinfectants List B: Registered Tuberculocidals
  EPA Approved Disinfectants List D: Registered Disinfectants for HIV and HBV
  Iowa State University’s Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH) Pathogen Fact Sheets
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings, 2016
  NSF International/American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 49 Annex E—Biosafety Cabinetry: Design, Performance, and Field Certification
  NIH Guidelines — Quick Reference
  Public Health Agency of Canada Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDS) and Risk Assessment
  Risks Associated with Lentiviral Vector Exposures and Prevention Strategies
  US Center for Disease Control (CDC) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP)