BMBL Appendix E

Resources for Information

Resources for information, consultation, and advice on biohazard control, decontamination procedures, and other aspects of laboratory safety management include:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Attention: External Activities Program
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Telephone: (404) 639-4418

National Institutes of Health
Attention: Division of Safety
Bethesda, Maryland 20205
Telephone: (301) 496-1357

National Animal Disease Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ames, Iowa 50010
Telephone: (515) 862-8258

United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, Final Rule. Fed Reg 1991; 56: 64041-64182 http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_data/1910_1030.html
• Proposed rule for TB: http://www.osha-slc.gov/FedReg_osha_data/FED19980205.html
• Occupational Safety and Health Standards. 29 CFR Part 1910: http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_toc/OSHA_Std_toc_1910.html

Guidelines

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Tuberculosis:
  1994: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/250001.pdf
  1997 (labs): http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/tb/tbdoc2.html
• Immunization for Health Care Workers:
  http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00050577.htm
• Guidelines for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, 1998:
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Guide/infectcont98.htm
• Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis, 47(RR-7), 1998
  http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00052722.htm

Department of the Army, DOD. 32 CFR Parts 626, 627 ­ Biological Defense Safety Program:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_98/32cfr627_98.html

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS):

• Approved guidelines for protection of laboratory workers from instrument biohazards and infectious disease transmitted by blood, body fluids, and tissue. Dec. 1977, NCCLS Doc. M29-A ISBN1-56238-339-6

National Institutes of Health:

• NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Molecules: http://www.nih.gov/od/orda/toc.htm
  
• NIH Office of Recombinant DNA Activities: http://www.nih.gov/od/orda