Essential information

• About Vivarium Safety
• The top 10 things you must know
• Research authorizations
• Research safety authorizations for principal investigators
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
• Administrative responsibilities
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Program
• IACUC frequently asked questions
• Animal Care Program

Safety training

• Animal welfare/ Animal research training
• Biosafety
• General lab safety and chemical safety
• Hazardous waste
• Radiation safety

Occupational health & safety

• Risk assessment/ medical surveillance
• How to get a risk assessment
• Occupational health & safety
• Occupational Health & Safety Policy (OSHP) for individuals with research animal exposure
• OSHP information brochure (PDF)
• Hearing Conservation Program
• How to safely lift and carry
• Respiratory Protection Program
• Emergency
• Emergency Guide
• Needlestick or other exposure to blood, body fluids, and recombinant DNA
• What to do if a work-related injury, illness, or exposure occurs

Research safety

• Biosafety
• Biological safety
• Bloodborne Pathogens Program
• Decontamination methods for laboratory use
• Select agents overview
• Chemical and laboratory safety
• Chemical Safety
• Laboratory safety
• Animal experiments using antineoplastic or investigational new drugs
• Animal experiments using known or suspect carcinogens
• Controlled substances
• Gases
• Anesthetic gases in research environments
• Compressed gas overview
• Radiation safety

Hazardous waste

• Animal carcass disposal pathway (PDF)
• Biohazardous and medical waste overview
• Instructions
• Biohazardous and Medical Waste Disposal Guidelines poster:
• Campus locations (PDF)
• Hillcrest locations (PDF)
• Biohazardous and medical waste packaging and disposal
• Radioactive waste storage and disposal
• Sharps disposal
• Sewer disposal
• Wash and rinse water disposal
• What can go down the drain?

• PPM 100-6, UCSD Policy on the Use of Animals in Research and Teaching (PDF)
• Animal Care Program Support
• Close or relocate a UCSD laboratory
• Decontamination clearance for equipment or facilities
• Forms (Environment, Health & Safety)
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) sources
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Pest control
• Research safety resources

Contacts

• Vivarium Safety Officer: Deborah Durand, (858) 534-6715
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), (858) 534-6069
• Reporting animal care and use concerns, (858) 534-6069
• Research Assistance Program (RAP) Contacts
• UCSD Animal Care Program
• Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine (COEM), (619) 471-9210