Safety – MSRC

The following MSRC Policy & Safety Manuals can be accessed by clicking on their corresponding enclosure:

Biomedical Waste

This plan applies to any person who generates, handles, stores, or disposes of regulated biomedical waste while carrying out research projects or operations at CICiM facilities.

User Manual

The MSRC open research space design paradigm features standardization, flexibility and adaptability, system integration, and ease of sharing equipment and human resources. Investigators use MSRC laboratories to conduct research at the cellular and molecular level. The MSRC seeks to promote interaction between investigators, students and other personnel from different fields in order to foster collaboration in a respectful and cooperative environment leading to productive and successful research.

Chemical Hygiene Plan

The Molecular Sciences Research Center (MSRC) Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) 2017 Edition is a translation and adaptation of Universidad de Puerto Rico, División de Calidad Ambiental y Seguridad Ocupacional, Plan de Higiene Química, 1995.

NIH Guidelines

The NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines) detail safety practices and containment procedures for basic and clinical research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules, including the creation and use of organisms and viruses containing recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules.

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL)

The 5th edition of the BMBL remains an advisory document recommending best practices for the safe conduct of work in biomedical and clinical laboratories from a biosafety perspective.

Exposure Control Plan

The purpose of the Exposure Control Plan is to establish safety measures to protect workers from health risks associated with BBP exposure and to decrease the risk of exposure to diseases transmitted by blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM).