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Biosafety

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV has a comprehensive biosafety program to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and is governed by the Institutional Biosafety Committee under the Vice President, Research.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV faculty and staff members intending to conduct research, teaching and testing involving biohazardous material, under the auspices of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV and/or using ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV resources, are required to submit a biosafety permit application through the . An approved biosafety permit must be in place in advance of such work.

 

Personnel

Required biosafety training

Valid for
Anyone working with biological hazards
  • EHS Biosafety
  • Biosafety Emergency Response Refresher Training
  • PHAC Module: General Safety for Containment Labs
  • 3 years
  • 1 year
  • 3 years
Anyone listed on a CL2 biosafety permit
  • EHS Biosafety
  • Biosafety Emergency Response Refresher Training
  • PHAC Module: General Safety for Containment Labs
  • PHAC Module: Containment Level 2 Operational Practices
  • 3 years
  • 1 year
  • 3 years
  • 3 years
Anyone listed on a CL3 biosafety permit
  • EHS Biosafety
  • Biosafety Emergency Response Refresher Training
  • PHAC Module: General Safety for Containment Labs
  • PHAC Module: Containment Level 2 Operational Practices
  • PHAC Module: Containment Level 3 Operational Practices
  • 3 years
  • 1 year
  • 3 years
  • 3 years
  • 3 years

Principal Investigator

(PIs working in the lab must also take

other trainings listed above)

 
  • Biosafety Training for Principal Investigators
  • Biosafety Emergency Response Refresher Training
  • PHAC Module: Introduction to Dual-Use in Life Sciences Research
  • PHAC Module: Biosafety in the Classroom ( for PIs teaching a lab session)
  • Complete Once
  • 1 year
  • Complete Once
  • 3 years

Information on registration and other required trainings is available at Research & lab safety training.

Use  ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Training Record for Laboratory Personnel for individual training record