September 2017 IBC Meeting Minutes
December 15, 2021 IBC Meeting Minutes
Autoclave Safety Guidelines, Training, Tools and Resources
EH&S has autoclave tools to assist you including general autoclave safety guidelines, autoclaving biohazardous waste guidelines with template SOP, both with step-by-step instructions for autoclave users.
November 15, 2021 Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting Minutes
Mission and Vision
We partner with the UW community to provide a healthy and safe campus and protect our environment.
Welcome to Environmental Health & Safety
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) is an administrative unit that assists University units in meeting their responsibility to protect the environment and to provide a safe and healthful place for employment and learning.
EH&S employs about 100 people who are spread across the UW Seattle campus in multiple locations.
We have six sections organized around the services we provide.
October 20, 2021 IBC Meeting Minutes
Work safely with human materials
Human source materials, including human cell lines, blood, tissues and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) are commonly used biohazards in UW research labs. Potentially infectious human materials can contain bloodborne pathogens (BBP) such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B and C viruses.