Santa Clara University

Biosafety

The University strives to ensure that all biohazardous materials used in teaching and research are obtained, used, stored, transferred, and destroyed properly. The Biological Safety Officer works to minimize risks associated with biological hazards and to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations pertaining to biohazardous materials.

Any researcher planning to work with biohazardous materials should contact the Biosafety Officer for approval and required safety training.  Any researcher planning to submit a proposal to an external sponsor that involves the use of biohazardous materials must complete appropriate documents with the Research Compliance & Integrity eanderson@scu.edu. 

Resources on biosafety can be found through the links:

• National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
  

• Centers for Disease Control Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories 
  

• Department of Health and Human Services Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins

• Department of Agriculture Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins