Biohazard Safety
The Biological Safety Program provides guidance to facilitate safe and responsible use of human and animal pathogens, biological toxins, human blood and recombinant DNA.
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Biohazard Waste Pickup Form
Biohazardous Waste is waste that may be contaminated by blood, body fluids or other potentially infectious materials and is often referred to as regulated medical waste. For more information, consult WSU's Biohazardous Waste Guide.
Environmental Health & Safety provides a biohazard waste pickup service to the campus community. To request this service, complete the form below and we will contact you to schedule a time for waste pickup.
Biohazardous Waste Pickup Request Form
We do not provide this service to the general public. If you are not part of the university, you may visit the Weber-Morgan Health solid and hazardous waste site for additional resources. In the case of an emergency, call 911.
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Biosafety Programs
The biosafety program outlines appropriate practices, university policies and regulatory requirements for working safety with hazardous materials.
University procedures to identify, package, transport and decontaminate biohazardous waste.
WSU’S Biohazardous Waste Guide
The biosafety program outlines appropriate practices, university policies and regulatory requirements for working safety with bio-hazardous materials.
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Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Procedures
This program provides safety policies for the protection of Weber State employees who have a potential for occupational exposure to human blood or other unfixed fluids or tissue that may contain bloodborne pathogens (BBP), such as Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), among others.
For best practices to identify, prevent and treat initial exposure to bloodborne pathogens:
Bloodborne Pathogens Post Exposure Procedures for Employees
Bloodborne Pathogens Post Exposure Procedures for Students
To report Information relating to an incident when bloodborne exposure is a possibility. This form is to be used in place of the Individual's Report of Incident:
Bloodborne Exposure Incident Form
If known, the person who's blood may be a source of occupational exposure (source individual) to other employees, should be identified and documented:
The Source Individuals Consent or Refusal Form
Supervisors should complete and return this form to Human Resources within 24 hours of the incident.
Supervisor’s Report of Incident
Guidelines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for preventing bloodborne pathogen exposure and needlestick accidents.
Bloodborne Pathogens Guidelines
Guidelines regarding policy and safety practices to prevent the spread of disease resulting from handling blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of work.
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Forms and Checklists
This inspection is to be completed by lab managers, PI’s and professors, minimally at the start of each semester to ensure the safety of their lab environment.
Daily checklist highlighting tasks needed for working safely in a Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC). Checklist doubles as a training tool or for annual audit of operational protocols.
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Resources
Refined biosafety manual that advises protocol-driven risk assessments regarding safe-handling and containment of infectious microorganisms and hazardous biological materials.
Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratory Biosafety
Biosafety practices and containment principles for constructing and handling nucleic acid molecules, cells, organisms and viruses containing such molecules.
Guidelines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for preventing bloodborne pathogen exposure and needlestick accidents.
Bloodborne Pathogen Guidelines
Safety and Health Topics pages OSHA maintains for various biological agents and toxins. Each page offers detailed information about the specific biological agent or group of agents on which it focuses, including sections on identifying possible worker health hazards and control measures to prevent exposures.
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Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
For questions or information about the Biosafety program and meetings, contact ehs@weber.edu or one of our committee members below.
Sherie Thornton
Biosafety Officer
sheriethornton@weber.eduDane LeBlanc
Department of Public Safety
dleblanc@weber.eduRyan Perkins
Environmental Health and Safety
ryanperkins2@weber.eduCody Zesiger
Non-Affiliated - Utah State University Extension
Cody.zesiger@usu.eduScott Braeden
Non-Affiliated - Weber Morgan Health
sbraeden@co.weber.ut.usElizabeth Sandquist
IBC Committee Chair
esandquist@weber.eduAdrienne Carlson
Medical Lab Sciences
adriennecarlson@weber.eduDaniel Clark
Microbiology
danielclark9@weber.eduBrooke Lindgren
OUR/RSPG Rep - Provost’s Office
brookelindgren@weber.eduMatthew Donahue
IRB Rep - Athletic Training
matthewdonahue@weber.edu