Resources

Links to Regulations, Guidelines, and Other Help:

Recombinant DNA Technology

• NIH Guidelines 2024

Select Agent

• Select Agents and Toxins List

Microorganism/Virus/Toxin Work

•  BMBL 6th Edition
• Risk Group Classification for Infectious Agents American Biological Safety Organization
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (full text)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories Standard (full text)
• America Society for Microbiolology Large Scale Biosafety Guidelines
• Known Toxin LD50 Values
• Bacterial Toxins: a Table of Lethal Amounts    
•  E. coli K-12 strains

Miscellaneous

• FAQs on Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC Administration)
• USDA Import and Transport Permits transport permits for organisms "capable of, or is the organism derived from an organism that is capable of introducing or disseminating any contagious or infectious disease of animals (including poultry)"
• Nanoparticle Handling Guidelines
• Laboratory Safety Guidance for Research with SARS-CoV-2 and COVID+ Patient Samples
• Considerations for Handling Potential SARS-CoV-2 Samples
• Incident Reporting FAQs