Summary: The Pitt RBL Management Team has established an internal SOP for inactivation of biological agents for removal to a laboratory operating at a lower biosafety level. All investigators are required to provide a full description of any inactivation procedure, as well as detailed safetytesting data, for each pathogen. These must be reviewed and approved by the Team prior to routine use.…
Anesthetic gases such as halogenated gases used independently or in conjunction with nitrous oxide are utilized to sedate animals prior to surgery. Acute and chronic exposure to anesthetic gas poses a risk to human health; therefore, appropriate controls must be utilized to protect the health of employees handling anesthetic gases. Engineering controls and work practice controls were develope…