This section links you to the most current version of the NIH Recombinant DNA Guidelines that I can find and the CDC Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories Handbook.

You should refer to both the NIH Guidelines and the CDC Handbook to complete the University of Arizona IBC Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement Form. The USDA Guidelines may be useful in completing MUA's for research pertaining to plants and plant pathogens.

Note: All of these links will open a new browser window.

• NIH Recombinant DNA Guidelines
• CDC Handbook
• USDA Guidelines

If you are conducting field work or may potentially handle wild rodents, please review the CDC recommendations for Hantavirus

If you are using microbial pathogens go to the Health Canada homepage to obtain a Material Data Safety Sheet for the pathogen you use.

Other important contacts:

• National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland
• National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Virginia
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
• American Biological Safety Association
• Food and Drug Administration, (FDA), Washington, D.C.
• Biotechnology, Biologics and Environmental Protection, (BBEP),now part of Animal, Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Riverdale, Maryland
• Information Systems for Biotechnology, Blacksburg, Virginia
• More biosafety information
• Packaging and shipping instructions.
• Interstate shipment of etiologic agents.
• Primary containment for biohazards, everything you need to know about Biological Safety Cabinets.
• World Health Organization Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 3rd edition