OHSP APPENDIX VI

Additional Resources

The university utilizes available and relevant information to develop and establish a sound OHSP tailored to the needs of the research activities, hazards, and animal species involved. It also uses these materials to train university employees, if and when relevant and useful, as well as to re-evaluate the university OHSP at least semi-annually to ensure its continued quality and effectiveness.

Information resources include but are not limited to:

CDC-NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, HHS Publication No. (CDC) 93-8395. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health 3rd Edition March 1993. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1993; available at URL
http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/biological/BMBL/BMBL-1.htm

NIOSH/Asthma in Animal Handlers Alert, URL http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/animalrt.html, modified Fri, May 1, 1998 (Attachment Index: NIOSH/Asthma in Animal Handlers Alert)

NRC Occupational Health and Safety In the Care and Use of Research Animals, National Academy Press, 1997, URL http://books.nap.edu/books/0309052998/html/index.html

OSHA Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR), URL http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_data/1910_1030.html