Resources
Information for Investigators
Texas A&M Resources
- Rules and Standard Administrative Procedures
Regulatory Documents
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition, CDC / NIH
- Complete 5th Edition of BMBL (All Sections) (PDF)
- Comparative Analysis of the 4th and 5th Editions of BMSL (PDF)
- Commerce Control List for Exports (Biological Agents and Toxins) (PDF)
- NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
- For the full text of NIH Guidelines (PDF)
- Printer-friendly version of NIH Guidelines (PDF)
Select Agent Regulations
- CDC Select Agent Regulations (42 CFR 73) (PDF)
- APHIS Select Agent Regulations (7 CFR 331 and 9 CFR 121) (PDF)
- Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (PDF)
- USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (PDF)
Other Biosafety Resources
- Roles and Responsibilities as stated in the NIH Guidelines
- Biological Safety Officer
- Institution
- Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
- Principal Investigators
- Arthropod Containment Guidelines (A project of The American Committee of Medical Entomology of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
- Biohazard Symbol History
- Biological Safety: Principles and Practices (ebook link) (by American Society for Microbiology)
- BIosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal of Infectious Materials • PDF
- Containment Facilities and Safeguards for Exotic Plant Pathogens and Pests
- CDC's Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 (PDF)
- Differences between respirators and surgical masks (YouTube)
- EPA’s Registered Sterilizers, Tuberculocides, and Antimicrobial Products Against Certain Human Public Health Bacteria and Viruses
- Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel (FESAP) recommendations regarding the biosecurity measures of the CDC/APHIS select agents program (PDF)
- Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices
- Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force (PDF)
- Hepatitis B information • CDC
- Johns Hopkins Antibiotic (ABX) Guide
- Laboratory Safety Monograph - A Supplement to the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research
- Laboratory Biosafety Manual 3rd Edition, World Health Organization
- Laminar Flow Hoods & Biological Safety Cabinets (YouTube)
- Medical Management of Biological Casualties - Handbook (US Army Med. Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) (PDF)
- NIH OBA list of toxin molecules classified as to LD50 (PDF)
- Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals by ILAR • National Academies Press • (PDF)
- Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDS) for Infectious Substances (previously MSDS)
- Reference book (not available electronically) Control of Communicable Diseases in Man (American Public Health Association)
- USDA Permits for Livestock and Poultry Pathogens