Policies
Stanford Researchers can obtain access to the BSL3 core’s unique array of instruments and experimental systems by personally undergoing safety training and certification to enter the BSL3 facility. Researchers undergoing training need to be added to an existing APB or new APB. Following certification and training, they may conduct experiments or engage with core staff who can conduct experimental procedures under bio-containment protocols on a fee-for-service basis. External researchers/organizations can also engage core staff on a fee-for-service basis. For more details on accessing BSL3 please contact center-Director.
To ensure the safety of all researchers and the environment, the APB requires BSL – 3 researchers to demonstrate appropriate theoretical knowledge and practical skillsets in the following areas:
- Adhering to general lab safety procedures, including donning and doffing PPE
- Setting up, cleaning out, and properly using the biosafety cabinets
- Bringing materials into and out of the biosafety cabinet
- Growing and manipulating cultures safely, with emphasis on the importance of avoiding aerosol generation during all operations
- Performing the essential procedures required of most protocols, such as centrifugation, plating, incubating among other procedures
- Using the autoclave, disposing of waste
- Validation of Inactivation methods
- Emergency management and procedures
