Biological Safety

Providing support, in the form of risk assessment, review, consultation and training, for research at UC Berkeley that involves the use of recombinant DNA, biohazardous materials and biological toxins.

Management of BSL 1 Recombinant DNA Waste

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2011

BSL 1 Recombinant DNA Waste Fact Sheet

Recombinant DNA Emergency Spill and Incident Reporting Procedures

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2011

Recombinant DNA Emergency Spill and Incident Reporting Procedures in a BSL 1 or BSL 2 Laboratory

Ethidium Bromide and Alternative DNA Stains Fact Sheet

2012

Ethidium Bromide and Alternative DNA Stains: Precautions, Waste Treatment and Disposal

Formaldehyde: Hazards and Precautions

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2012

Safe Use of Acid Solutions

Office of Environment, Health & Safety

Linda Wang

EH&S Compliance Specialist
Biosafety
BUA
Lab Safety

Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Library

Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

A JSA describes job tasks in step-by-step fashion, identifies associated hazards at each step, and outlines proper hazard controls that minimize the risk of injury or illness to the individual(s) performing that task.

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheets

EH&S Fact Sheets serve as campus-wide Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Needlestick from Regular Trash

July 31, 2005
Office of Environment, Health, and Safety
What Happened?

An employee in Campus Recycling & Refuse Services was stuck by a needle while emptying trash bags from a dumpster behind Wellman Hall. The incident happened early in the morning, and the employee sought immediate off-site medical care. A physician dispensed antiretrovirals for a possible Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) exposure, and the employee was very concerned that he might have been infected with a life-threatening disease.

The employee’s supervisor had saved the trash bag, and employees from the Office of Environment, Health & Safety (EH...

Biohazardous Waste Management in Biosafety Level 2 Laboratories

Office of Environment, Health & Safety
2013