April 15, 2020 IBC Meeting Minutes
COVID-19 Research Biosafety
This guidance is intended to assist investigators planning research involving severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to understand the health and safety considerations and compliance expectations necessary to safely facilitate the research.
Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)
Dual use research of concern (DURC) is life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misused to pose a significant threat with broad consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or national security.
March 20, 2020 IBC Meeting Minutes
March 18, 2020 IBC Meeting Minutes
COVID-19 Health and Safety
Updated July 18, 2024
Follow the Public Health Flowchart for COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Symptoms if you have COVID-19 symptoms, an exposure or test positive.
February 19, 2020 IBC Meeting Minutes
January 15, 2020 IBC Meeting Minutes
Sharps Safety
Sharps injuries are among the most commonly reported injuries in UW research and clinical settings. Sharps are devices, such as needles, scalpels, and lancets, which are used to cut or pierce skin, blood vessels or tissue.