Ensuring that specific laboratory hazards are effectively communicated to laboratory personnel, and that controls are in place to minimize risks associated with these hazards..
The purpose of the FIU Biosafety manual is to minimize employee and student exposure to biohazardous agents and to ensure that all university laboratories operate in compliance with regulations mandated by governmental regulatory and credentialing agencies..
These guidelines are developed with experts from around the world, and were most recently updated for the fourth edition in 2020, which places a larger emphasis on an evidence and risk based approach to biosafety and biosecurity..
A laboratory-specific biosafety manual must be prepared and adopted as policy.
The biosafety manual must be available and accessible. 5.
The laboratory supervisor must ensure that laboratory personnel demonstrate proficiency in standard and special microbiological practices before working with BSL-2 agents.
