Safety Services
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Mission
To ensure that research laboratories are in compliance with institutional policies and federal safety regulations through regular inspections. To regularly test safety equipment to maintain proper operating levels. To document all inspections, tests, and operations of the division. To review research protocols as members of the IBC committee and to aid in Laboratory Safety Training.
Policies
- 73.10 - Faculty Laboratory Space Check-Out Procedures
Attachment A - Checklist for Moving or Terminating Laboratory Operations - 75.09 - General Laboratory Use Policy
- 75.10 - Laboratory Biohazards Policy for Research Facilities and Personnel
- 75.13 - Shipment of Diagnostic and Infectious Materials
Manual
- CD Contents
EHS
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have entered into an MOU. The MOU establishes the responsibilities of institutions of higher education for implementing and maintaining a program of reporting information concerning controlled substances, their analogues and precursors, and certain chemical laboratory apparatus used in educational or research activities.
Each research laboratory Principal Investigator must complete the survey at the following site. Login using your eRaider name & password:
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/admin/safety/training/mou
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
- IBC Registration Instructions
- Biohazardous Agents Requiring IBC Protocol Registration
- Hazardous Toxicants and Toxins Requiring IBC Protocol Registration
- IBC Amendment (use to modify registered materials, personnel and location)
- IBC Registration Application
- IBC Registration - Addendum A (use to register biological materials)
- IBC Registration - Addendum B (use to register chemical materials)
- NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
- IBC Reviewer Form
Select Agents
- HSC OP 73.12 - Possession and Use of Exempt Quantities of CDC Select-Agent Toxins
The purpose of this TTUHSC policy is to establish institutional requirements for procurement, possession, storage, use, transfer, disposal, training, and security of exempt quantities of select agent toxins. - Attachment A - Operational/Procedural Requirements
- Attachment B - Laboratory Self-Inspection Checklist
- Attachment C - Select Agent Inventory Record
- Attachment D - Laboratory Visitor Log
- List of Select Biological Agents and Toxins
- Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins; Final Rule (42 CFR Parts 72 and 73)
- Select Agent Program - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Posters
Training
- Laboratory Safety Essentials is an online course which provides information to laboratory workers about biological, chemical, physical and ergonomic safety issues in the laboratory setting. Specific useful instruction is given on assessing risks of chemicals (MSDS, labels, LD50), biologicals (biosafety levels, vaccines, MSDS), ventilation equipment (chemical fume hood, biological safety cabinet, laminar flow hood/clean air bench), compressed gas cylinders and various other safety topics. This course is required for all TTUHSC laboratory personnel and must be completed prior to beginning any TTUHSC laboratory functions.
- Laboratory Safety Essentials Training Login Instructions
- Select Agent Training
- Shipping Infectious Substances, Diagnostic Substances, and Dangerous Goods
Resources
- American Biological Safety Association
- Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: An Information Exchange with NIOSH (draft)
- Biosafety in the Laboratory (Handling/Disposal of Infectious Materials)
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th ed.
- Bloodborne pathogens (OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1030)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Incompatible Chemicals in the Laboratory
- Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories (OSHA, 29 CFR, 1910.1450)
- Prudent Practices in the Laboratory (Handling/Disposal of Chemicals)
- Texas Hazard Communication Act
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Safety Services, 3601 4th Street MS 9020, Lubbock, TX 79430
806.743.2597