Working with Birds and Poultry
Occupational health recommendations and requirements for University personnel working with birds and poultry
UW Biosafety Manual
The UW Biosafety Manual provides students, staff, and faculty at UW with information that is necessary to protect them and the surrounding community from possible hazards associated with the use of…
EH&S Guide for Principal Investigators
The Guide for Principal Investigators (PI Guide) is an introduction to Environmental Health & Safety for principal investigators (PIs) who are new to the University of Washington and…
Updated rabies safety information for field work
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) updated rabies information for University personnel who conduct field work in areas where rabies is endemic.
The updated Rabies Information includes the…
National Biosafety Month 2023: The value of written procedures
For National Biosafety Month 2023, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) encourages labs to develop written standard operating procedures (SOPs) for procedures involving biohazards.…
Food Worker Safety Focus Sheet
The information in the Food Worker Safety Focus Sheet educates food workers about foodborne diseases and how to reduce the risk of foodborne disease transmission.
Stay Healthy, Huskies Poster
UW units are encouraged to use and distribute the Stay Healthy, Huskies Poster to help keep the UW community informed about current University COVID-19 and respiratory illness policies and…
Clean and Disinfect Poster
UW units are encouraged to use and distribute the Clean and Disinfect Poster to help keep the UW community informed about current University policies and recommendations. …
Mask Are Recommended Poster
UW units are encouraged to use and distribute the Masks Are Recommended Poster to help keep the UW community informed about current University policies and recommendations. …
Masks Are Required Poster
UW units are encouraged to use and distribute the Masks Are Required Poster to help keep the UW community informed about current University policies and recommendations. Description…
Wash Your Hands the Right Way Poster
UW units are encouraged to use and distribute the Wash Your Hands the Right Way Poster to help keep the UW community informed about current University policies and recommendations. …
Respiratory Illness Signage
All UW units are encouraged to use and distribute the signs below to help keep the UW community informed about current University respiratory illness prevention policies and recommendations.Building…
UW Food Safety Program Manual
The UW Food Safety Program Manual outlines the requirements, roles and responsibilities, and practices of the UW Food Safety Program.
Bloodborne Pathogens
The purpose of the UW Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Program is to protect University personnel from exposure to human blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM).The UW Bloodborne Pathogens…
IBC Meeting Agenda
Agenda for a meeting of the UW Institutional Biosafety Committee
Bloodborne pathogens worker safety requirements
Human blood and other potentially infectious materials may contain viruses referred to as bloodborne pathogens (BBP) that can make people ill if they become infected. Implementing workplace safety…
Site-Specific Bloodborne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Control Plan template
PIs/supervisors must develop a site-specific BBP Exposure Control Plan as a supplement to the UW’s core BBP Exposure Control Plan in Appendix A of the UW Biosafety Manual. The site-…
Prevent and Manage Amplicon Contamination in Your Lab
This focus sheet describes how to prevent and manage amplicon contamination in the laboratory. Those who work with nucleic acids, plasmid preparations and PCR products from SARS-CoV-2 gene targets…
UW Core Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Exposure Control Plan
The UW Core Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Exposure Control Plan is contained in Appendix A of the UW Biosafety Manual.