HomeMy Public PortalAboutBiotechReg_LinksAdditional Resources for the Watertown Biotechnology Regulation
NIH Guidelines
• Information Homepage: https://osp.od.nih.gov/biotechnology/nih-guidelines/
• NIH Guidelines (pdf): https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/NIH_Guidelines.pdf
• Tools for setting up an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC):
https://osp.od.nih. gov/biotechnology/institutional-biosafety-committees/
• Human Gene Transfer IBCs: https://osp.od.nih.gov/biotechnology/faqs-on-the-nih-
guidelines-research-synthetic-nucleic-acid-molecules/
• Laboratory Safety Monograph (A Supplement to the NIH Guidelines):
http://cambridgepublichealth. org/services/regulatory-activities/biosafety/NIH-
Monograph-1979.pdf
• Biosafety Considerations for work with Lentiviral Vectors: https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-
content/uploads/Lenti_Containment_Guidance.pdf
Biosafety Containment Levels (BSL)
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition:
https://www.cdc. gov/labs/pdf/CDC-BiosafetyMicrobiologicalB iomedicalLaboratories-
2009-P.PDF
• Pathogen Safety Data Sheets: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-
health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-
assessment.html
• CDCs Guide to BSLs: https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/documents/BSL_infographic_final.pdf
Select Agents and Toxins and Dual Use Research of Concern
• Federal Select Agents Program: https://www.selectagents.gov/
• NIH Dual Research and Concern: http://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/Documents/durc-
faqs.pdf
Organizations and Resources
• The Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity: https://absa.org/
• New England Biosafety Association: https://www.ne-bsa.org/
• CDC Resources: https://www.cdc.gov/safelabs/
Application and Inspection Resources
• BSL-2 example Inspection check list: https://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/healthy-homes-
environment/biological-safety/Documents/Checklist-B SL2.pdf
• BSL-3 example Inspection check list: https://www.bphc.org/whatwedo/healthy-homes-
environment/biological-safety/Documents/Checklist-B SL3 .pdf
• BSL-2LS (Large Scale) example Inspection check list:
https://www.selectagents.gov/resources/Checklist-NIH-BL2-LS.pdf
• Sample Presentation to a Biosafety Committee (Cambridge):
http://cambridgepublichealth. org/services/regulatory-activities/biosafety/rDNA-sample-
presentation.pdf
Town of Watertown
• Town Website: https://www.ci.watertown.ma.us/
• Fire Department: https://www.fire.watertown-ma.gov/
• Police Department: https://www.watertownpd.org/
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