Document Type

Webpage

Web Capture: Institutional Biosafety Committee

Authors

Office of Research Compliance, University of Maine

Publication Date

11-12-2021

Abstract/ Summary

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) registration is required prior to use of ‘biohazards’ in research. Under UMaine policy, ‘biohazard’ includes recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules (including plants), biological materials/biospecimens (human and animal blood, bodily fluids, and/or tissues), infectious agents* or select agents/toxins. (*The University of Maine has defined “infectious agents” as all bacterial, parasitic, fungal, viral, and prion, included within Class 2 or higher classes; See Appendix B of NIH Guidelines.) For guidance on whether your biohazards work requires IBC or other approvals, view the IBC Protocol Submission Decision Tree.

Repository Citation

Office of Research Compliance, University of Maine, "Web Capture: Institutional Biosafety Committee" (2021). General University of Maine Publications. 2257.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications/2257

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