Biosafety Manual

Summary

Follow safety guidance, policies, and procedures to use and manipulate biological materials at Harvard, including:

• Roles and responsibilities.
• Biosafety training.
• Biohazards, risk assessments, and risk management.
• Committee on Microbiological Safety (COMS) oversight and microbiological safety.
• Biosafety and biosecurity controls.
• Biological lab facility design.
• Biosafety cabinets.
• Decontamination.
• Aerosol reduction work practices.
• Safe sharps handling.
• Biological waste management.
• Personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Incident reporting.
• Occupational health and medical surveillance.
• Shipping biological materials.
• Lab move-in and close-out.

Who is this for?

Lab and research staff.