Biological Safety
The Biological Safety Office promotes important health and safety practices that govern all personnel working with biological materials in basic and clinical research and/or teaching activities. We maintain and improve a Biological Safety Program to support the Augusta University research, clinical, and educational missions. We enforce compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines, AU policies, and industry standards related to biological safety.
We serve as the administrative and compliance office for the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
Biological Safety Guide REGISTER BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Biosafety Training
Augusta University considers safety of enterprise personnel, students, and community of the highest importance and an essential part of research best-practices. To accomplish this task, we provide appropriate training to all who need it:
Additional EHS training can be found on the main Training page.
Notice: Due to webpage upgrades, all Biosafety electronic forms are unavailable/un-editable. Please contact BIOSAFETY@augusta.edu to request any forms needed.
Contact Us
Biological Safety Office
Health Sciences Campus
Environmental Health & Safety Building
706-721-2663
Campus Emergency:
706-721-2911
Guidelines
Lab Safety
- Accidental Injuries and Exposures
- Biological Safety Guide
- Biological Spill Clean-up
- Biomedical Waste Disposal
- Complete Freund's Adjuvant (CFA)
- Flow Cytometry Guidance for Unfixed Biologicals
- Laboratory Moves and Closeouts
- Stereotactic Injections on Benchtops
- Recombinant / Synthetic Nucleic Acid Research (NIH)
- Risk Group 2 and 3 Agents (NIH)
- Safety Standards for Sorting of Unfixed Cells (ISAC)
- Biological Materials in the Lab Standard Operating Procedures Template
COVID-19 Research:
Shipping and Transport of Biologicals
- Guide for Shipping Biological Substances and Support Materials
- Vehicle Transport of Biologicals
- List of Packaging Vendors for Biological Substances
- List of Dangerous Goods (Air, UPS, 2011)
Toxin Regulation
- Federal Select Agents / Toxins Regulations
- Federal Select Agents / Toxins List
- Federal Select Agents / Toxins Permissible Amounts