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REQUEST TO USE INFECTIOUS AGENTS
Yale Biological Safety Committee
Principal Investigator:
Phone#:
Department:
Fax#:
Proposed Location of Work (Bldg./Room):
Personnel Associated With the Project:
List the Infectious Agents
If any of the listed infectious agents are drug resistant strains, list
the drug(s) they are resistant to and indicate if these strains were
created by the deliberate transfer of the drug resistance trait by
your laboratory or another lab group? Or are these naturally
occurring strains (i.e. not created by recombinant DNA
technology)?
Other biological components involved in the
work (cell lines, animals, etc.):
Brief description of project:
Check the proposed containment level:
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BSL3
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Date:
Principal Investigator:
(signature)
Date:
Additional Investigator:
(signature)
Date:
Reviewed by:
(Biosafety Officer)
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Dual Use Research
In reviewing registrations, the Yale IBC considers "dual use" potential, namely the potential for research projects with a
beneficial purpose to provide knowledge, products or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a threat to public
health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or material. For a full discussion of this topic,
consult http://osp.od.nih.gov/office-biotechnology-activities/biosecurity/dual-use-research-concern
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Will you be conducting research that directly uses nonattenuated forms of one or more of the following agents? Yes
 No
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If yes, please check the agent involved:
 CAvian influenza virus (highly pathogenic)
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 Bacillus anthracis
 Botulinum neurotoxin (in any quantity)
 CMarburg virus
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Reconstructed
1918 influenza virus
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 Rinderpest virus
 Burkholderia mallei
 Toxin-producing strains of Clostridium botulinum
 Burkholderia pseudomallei
 CVariola major virus
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 Variola minor virus
 Ebola virus
 Foot-and-mouth disease virus
 Francisella tularensis
 CYersinia pestis
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Do any of your experiments fall into any of the following experimental categories?  Yes  No
If yes, please check all that apply:
 Enhances the harmful consequences of the agent or toxin;
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Disrupts
immunity or the effectiveness of an immunization against the agent or toxin without clinical and/ or
h agricultural justification;
Confers to the agent or toxin resistance to clinically and/or agriculturally useful prophylactic or therapeutic
interventions against that agent or toxin or facilitates their ability to evade detection methodologies;
 Increases the stability, transmissibility, or the ability to disseminate the agent or toxin;
 Alters the host range or tropism of the agent or toxin;
 Enhances the susceptibility of a host population to the agent or toxin; and
 Generates or reconstitutes an eradicated or extinct listed agent or toxin.
Provide other knowledge, products or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a threat to public health
and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or material.
Comment on aspects of your research, if any, with potential for dual use:
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Risk Assessment:
Describe the biohazard potential of this experiment and consider the following in your response: routes of transmission,
virulence and infectivity; the severity of the disease it causes (include the signs and symptoms of exposure); natural vector;
immunizations; effective therapies; and expected quantity of the agent (volume and concentration):
Give the anticipated start date for the experiment:
Expected duration of project:
Where will you obtain the infectious agent?
How will the agent be transported to Yale?
List the storage location (building/Room) and the type of storage (e.g, freezer, -80, liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen) of the
agent when not in use:
Is access limited at this location?
 Yes
 No
Where will the agent be housed (building/room) during the experiment?
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Equipment & Supplies:
List below the equipment and supplies that will be used for this experiment.
EQUIPMENT (make/model)
SUPPLIES
Indicate if there will be any cell sorting or visiting other laboratories for specialized procedures and list location:
Specialized Procedure
Location (building/Room) :
 Electron Microscopy
 Cell Sorting
 Multi-Photon
 Confocal
other Specialized Microscopy. Please Specify:
 Other Please Specify:
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Standard Operating Procedures:
Provide a set of Standard Operating Procedures that will be employed by your laboratory to ensure safe handling
of the infectious agent from the initiation of the experiment through decontamination and disposal of laboratory
waste. List each task that will be performed, what type of physical containment devices will be used, and the type
of personal protective equipment that will be worn for each task. In addition, include a description of your
laboratory entry and exit procedures, and explain how access will be restricted to the lab during the experiment.
Insert or attach a copy of your procedures to this form.
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Transporting:
Will infectious material be transported outside your laboratory?
 Yes
 No
If yes, to what location?
What items will be used to contain the materials during transport?
On Campus transport between labs within buildings:
Must have the following: a sealed primary leak proof container; a sealed secondary leak proof container;
absorbent (i.e.; paper towels) between the primary and secondary containers suitable for the volume
transported;a biohazard sticker on outside of the secondary container with agent name, lab address and phone
number; Utilize plastic containers whenever feasible, avoid glass.
Biosafety Cabinets:
EHS requires biological safety cabinets to be used with BSL2, BSL2+ and BSL3 agents. Provide the information on the
biological safety cabinet(s) you will be using.
Make/Model:
Serial #:
Date of last certification:
Please note, if your work requires you to conduct your experiment outside a biological safety cabinet or other primary
containment device, please provide an attachment detailing the description of the experiment and how it will be contained.
Disinfectants and Decontamination:
List disinfectant(s) and concentration(s) that will be used for decontaminating work surfaces and equipment:
Detail the decontamination method for waste generated from the experiment:
Solids:
Liquids:
Solid waste associated with the human pathogen research will be autoclaved for 45
minutes in an EHS validated autoclave.
Liquid waste will be treated with Sodium Hypochlorite (household bleach). Bleach
will be added to the volume of liquid waste to be treated in sufficient volume to
create a 10% solution. At least a 30 minute contact time will be utilized prior to
disposal via the sanitary sewer via the lab sink drain.
Other:
Location of Autoclave:
Will autoclave procedures be verified?
 Yes ChNo
Describe the verification method:
Our laboratory will use autoclave temperature sensitive tape to verify that individual runs have reached
the appropriate temperature. Autoclaves are verified by EHS using a biological spore indicator test at
least annually.
How will waste be transported to the autoclave?
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Animals:
Animal species:
#animal at any one time:
Total # animals:
# animals used annually:
Animal housing location (building/room) before infectious agent use:
Animal housing location (building/room) after infectious agent use:
YACUC Project:
Start date:
Completion date:
Route of inoculation:
Dose (concentration and volume):
Duration of experiment post-infection:
Indicate whether transmission of infectious agent may occur:
Transmission from animal to animal
Transmission from animal to human
Environmental transmission (to feral population)
Transmission by natural vector
If yes, name vector(s):
Route of transmission by: Urine:
Feces:
Saliva:
 YES  NO  Not Known
 YES  NO  Not Known
 YES  NO  Not Known
 YES  NO  Not Known
 YES
 YES
 YES
 CNO
 hNO
 NO
 Not Known
 Not Known
 Not Known
Describe the biohazard potential of the organism(s) and susceptibility to commonly used therapeutic drugs.
Describe planned containment procedures of infected animals.
Describe proposed animal waste procedures.
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Medical Surveillance:
Anyone who is currently pregnant or immunosuppressed must contact Employee Health (432-7978) before working with the
agent in question.
Have all researchers involved in this work contacted the University Employee Health Physician for the required medical
consultation?
 Yes  No
Are there any restrictions for handling these agents?
If yes, what are the restrictions?
 CYes  CNo
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Emergency Response Procedures:
Please describe the emergency response procedures for the following incidents: (refer to the EHS Biosafety Spill Response
Guide or EHS Biological Safety Manual for assistance).
Puncture wound or parenteral exposure:
Wash the affected area with antiseptic soap and warm water for 15 minutes. Seek medical treatment at
Yale Health Center’s Acute Care or Employee Health within 1 to 2 hours. Notify PI and EHS of incident.
Exposure to mucous membranes of face:
Flush affected area in eyewash for 15 minutes. Seek medical treatment at Yale Health Center’s Acute
Care or Employee Health within 1 to 2 hours. Notify PI and EHS of incident.
Exposure to aerosols:
Hold your breath and immediately leave room. Remove Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) carefully.
When removing PPE make sure to turn the exposed areas inward. Wash hands well with soap and water.
Post spill sign on lab entry; lab should be evacuated for at least 30 minutes. PI must clear lab for re-entry.
For extensive BL2 contamination (i.e. centrifuge incident) or incidents involving BL2+ or BL3 agents, EHS
must be notified and will assume responsibility, in conjunction with the PI, to clear the laboratory for
reentry.
Biohazard Spill:
Clean-up of BL2 Spill
Assume potential for Aerosol Exposure as noted above and leave the laboratory. Allow aerosols to
disperse for at least 30 minutes before reentering the laboratory. Assemble clean-up materials
(disinfectant, paper towels, biohazard bags, and forceps). Put on protective clothing (lab coat, face
protection (face shield or safety glasses and mask), utility gloves over exam style gloves, and booties if
necessary). Depending on the nature of the spill, it may be advisable to wear a HEPA filtered respirator
instead of a surgical mask. Cover the area with disinfectant-soaked towels, and then carefully pour
disinfectant around the spill. Avoid enlarging the contaminated area. Use more concentrated disinfectant
as it is diluted by the spill. Allow at least a 20 minute contact time. Pick up any sharp objects with
forceps and discard in a sharps container. Soak up the disinfectant and spill using mechanical means,
such as an autoclavable broom and dustpan, since there may be sharps under the paper towels, and
place the materials into a sharps container. Smaller pieces of glass may be collected with cotton or paper
towels held with forceps. If no sharps were involved in the spill discard the materials into an autoclave
bag. Wipe surrounding areas (where the spill may have splashed) with disinfectant. Soak up the
disinfectant and spill, and place the materials into a biohazard bag. Spray the area with 10% household
bleach solution and allow to air-dry (or wipe down with disinfectant-soaked towels after a 10-minute
contact time). Place all contaminated paper towels and any contaminated protective clothing into a
biohazard bag and autoclave. Wash hands and exposed skin areas with disinfectant or antiseptic soap
and water for at least 30 seconds.
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RESEARCHER EXPERIENCE FORM
Name:
Job Title:
Principal Investigator:
Date:
Education:
Date
Institution
Major Area
Degree
Laboratory experience related to work with microorganisms or cell culture:
Date
Institution
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Description of work and name of
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