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Standards (Section 3)

The SLAC biosafety program has adopted the following standards:

• Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, "Energy"
  • Part 851, "Worker Safety and Health Program", Appendix A, "Worker Safety and Health Functional Areas", Section 7, "Biological Safety" (10 CFR 851)
    (Additional information on 10 CFR 851 and its implementation is available from the following site: “Worker Safety and Health Program Final Rule - 10 CFR 851”)

• Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910, "Occupational Safety and Health Standards"
  • Section 1030, "Blood-borne Pathogens" (29 CFR 1910.1030)

• Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, "Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services"
  • Part 72 , "Interstate Shipment of Etiological Agents" (42 CFR 72.1-7)

• California Health and Safety Code, Division 104, "Environmental Health", Part 14, "Medical Waste" (HSC 117600-118360)
• Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Chapter 4, "Division of Industrial Safety", Subchapter 7, "General Industry Safety Orders"
• Article 107, "Dusts Fumes Mists Vapors and Gases", Section 5154.2, "Ventilation Requirements for Biological Safety Cabinets"
• Article 109, "Hazardous Processes and Substances", Section 5193, "Blood Borne Pathogens"

The SLAC biosafety program has incorporated the following guidelines:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health (CDC-NIH), Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, fourth edition, 1999
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health (CDC-NIH), Primary Containment of Biohazards: Selection, Installation and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets, second edition, 2000
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "HHS And USDA Select Agents and Toxins [pdf], 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR Part 121, and 42 CFR Part 73"
• National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
• World Health Organization, Guidelines for the Safe Transport of Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens
• Stanford University Biosafety Manual [pdf]

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