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- Disinfect/Inactivate (Animal)
- Disinfect/Inactivate (Plant)
- Disinfect/Inactivate (General)
- Autoclave Testing
- Spill and Release Procedure
Disinfect/Inactivate (Animal)
It
is the PI’s responsibility to provide information regarding disinfection and
disposal of materials, even if the tasks are performed by animal care staff.
Please contact the individuals who disinfect/dispose of the materials to see
what methods are appropriate for your research and for the facility.
Please see the IBC Policy
for Animal Waste and Carcass Disposal located in the UW-Madison
Researchers’ Biosafety Manual for guidance. Bedding is not
incinerated at UW-Madison unless special permission is granted.
Disinfect/Inactivate (Plant)
It is the PI’s responsibility to provide information regarding disinfection and disposal of materials, even if the tasks are performed by greenhouse staff. Please contact the individuals who disinfect/dispose of the materials to see what methods are appropriate for your research and for the facility.
Disinfect/Inactivate (General)
Autoclaving
materials containing bleach is not recommended as harmful chlorine gas may be
released; therefore, if both are listed, please clarify when either treatment
with bleach or by autoclaving is done, as applicable.
Ethanol
evaporates quickly, not allowing for sufficient contact
time. Therefore, it is a recommendation to avoid using ethanol by
itself for disinfection.
Sharps
are items designed to cut or puncture skin and sharp items contaminated with
human blood and body fluids. Sharps containers in BSL1 or BSL2 labs are not
required to be autoclaved before disposing through MERI. BSL3 labs,
however, are required to autoclave the sharps containers prior to disposal
through MERI.
Hazardous glass and plastic
includes items that can cut or scrape if disposed of in normal trash
containers. (e.g. Pasteur pipettes, other pipettes ,pipette tips,
uncontaminated slides, coverslips, broken glass, any fragile items) These
items may require modified disposal procedures.
For information on sharps and laboratory glass disposal, please see our website
at https://ehs.wisc.edu/sharps-disposal .
Autoclave Testing
For
information on how to test an autoclave and autoclave safety, please see our
website: https://ehs.wisc.edu/autoclaves/
Spill and Release Procedure
Biological spill guidance and spill procedure templates are
available on the OBS website: https://ehs.wisc.edu/labs-research/biological-safety/biological-spill-protocols/. If you would like to
use these templates, complete the header (title) at the top of the page then
create a customized protocol using the dropdowns provided within the template. In
the header, the line above "Lab Biohazardous Spill Protocol for"
should list the PI or laboratory name. The line below "Lab Biohazardous
Spill Protocol for" should indicate when the procedure will be used (e.g.,
specify the biological materials, location(s), or other information that
indicates when the spill protocol would be used). Guidance for completing the
templates may be found at https://ehs.wisc.edu/labs-research/biological-safety/biological-spill-protocols/.
A transgenic release document example is
available on the OBS website: Release of Transgenic
Materials pdf. If you would like to
use this template, please edit template as appropriate to
specify procedures for biological materials handled in your laboratory (e.g.,
remove release example(s) if not applicable, include any additional
procedures).
Still have questions? Call the Office of Biological Safety (OBS) at 608-263-2037. We are happy to help!