Environmental Health and Biosafety

Biosafety is defined as a complete program of administrative controls, medical surveillance, vaccination, and containment strategies for reducing the risk of disease to employees facing potential occupational exposure to infectious agents or other biologically derived molecules. (AIHA Biosafety Reference Manual, 2nd Edition, 1995)

HARPO works with investigators and the UMBC environmental health and safety staff in the area of biosafety by documenting projects, providing information and guidance about working in a safe research environment and facilitating compliance with human and animal federal, state and university guidelines and regulations.

Please consult the UMBC Environmental Safety & Health web page for current guidance and assistance.

The University follows many governmental and institutional regulations and policies related to biosafety . Please continue to this page to learn more.   

Quick Links    

| Environmental Health and Laboratory Safety Training | Biosafety Documentation |

| Biohazardous Materials/Waste Disposal | Issues related to Human & Animal Research |

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