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Hi Tom and listserv,

There is no reason to think that our users and faculty are any more 
competent at pathogen or any other lab safety than the 5th year graduate 
student and their PI whose lab bench is featured on page 1 of this report:

http://www.csb.gov/assets/document/CSB_Study_TTU_FINAL.pdf
(3.3 Mb file)

My thanks to Science magazine (whose Dec 2 issue on Data R&R had an 
entry about this) and this web page for linking to the Texas Tech report

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_12_02/caredit.a1100134


My image core's policy for pathogens: fixed specimens only.

George

On 1/4/2012 3:11 PM, Phillips, Thomas E. wrote:
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> I fully understand that use of pathogens requires approval of an institutional biosafety committee and that each circumstance is unique. Having said that, I am wondering if any of those of you who run a confocal core (or use pathogens in a core), have successfully implemented a biosafety plan which allows a client whose pathogens has "modest" risks could sporadically use an instrument that is widely used by other labs for no-risk, fixed samples or non-hazardous live samples. Is it crazy to try to accommodate this type of project or is it easier than it sounds? If you have experience where you got biosafety committee approval to bring a live pathogen into a core facility for imaging, I would be interested in knowing the type of agent was allowed and what you had to do to clean the room and instrument before it could be used by other clients.  Thanks and Happy New Year. Tom
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George McNamara, PhD
Analytical Imaging Core Facility
University of Miami