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vaccine. The Exposure Control Plan calls for engineering controls, work practices and procedures for housekeeping, medical evaluations, hazard communication, and recordkeeping. Employers are also required to provide employees training at the time of initial assignment to a job with occupational exposure. The training should be provided during working hours and at no cost to the employee. Employees must be retrained annually and additional training should be offered any time that existing tasks are modified or new tasks are required which affect the worker’s occupational exposure. Training records must be maintained for a minimum of three years. Although no vaccine exists for the HCV and HIV, a vaccine does exist for the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV). Employers are required to offer the vaccine within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employees at risk of exposure. The vaccination must be performed free of charge and at a reasonable time and place, and it must be given by a licensed healthcare professional. Employees who decline the vaccination must sign a declination form. If the employee initially declines but later decides to accept the vaccination, it must be provided. It is the responsibility of P.I.s and laboratory supervisors to ensure that personnel working in laboratories under their supervision have been provided with the proper training, have received information about the hazards in the laboratory they may encounter, and have been informed about ways they can protect themselves. 16.4 Select Biological Agents and Toxins “Select agents and toxins” are biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, and animal or plant health. The possession and use of these agents is highly regulated. See the National Select Agent Registry website for more information. This registry is jointly maintained by the CDC and the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). If you wish to work with these agents, you must first notify and register with your EHS Office. Unregistered possession and use can result in significant fines and jail time. 16.5 Animal Use It is a violation of federal regulations to carry out studies using vertebrate animals without an approved animal use protocol or to maintain animals after expiration of a previously approved protocol. Federal regulations mandate the establishment of an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to provide guidance, to oversee the animal care and use program, and to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The IACUC oversees the animal use program as mandated by the United States Public Health Service Policy and Animal Welfare Act. Federal regulations and standards stipulate that personnel must be trained so they are qualified to perform research on animals. Each college is given the responsibility for providing training to perform research on animals, and as the self-regulating unit of the institution for animal research, 109
the College’s IACUC must ensure that personnel are qualified to perform the procedures proposed in animals as part of the review process. All CUNY-affiliated college IACUCs now require researchers and other key personnel involved in animal research complete a prescribe list of CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) computer-based training modules. Researchers and personnel handling wild animals are strongly encouraged to get a pre-exposure Rabies vaccination. See the NYC DOHMH website for more information. 16.6 Shipping Biological Materials Shipping certain biological materials such as human or animal infectious agents or diagnostic/clinical samples - collectively referred to as dangerous goods - involves certain risks and incurs many potential liabilities. If you offer for transport, or transport dangerous goods, or cause dangerous goods to be transported, you must be a trained individual. The trained shipper is responsible for properly classifying, identifying, packaging, marking, labeling, and documenting shipments for transport by air or ground. Training and compliance with the regulations are not optional; they are the legal requirements under the U.S Department of Transportation. Categories of regulated materials include: • Infectious substances: Substances known or reasonably expected to contain pathogens. Pathogens are defined as microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, parasites, fungi, and other agents such as prions, which can cause disease in humans and/or animals. This category also includes diagnostic or clinical (patient) specimens. o Plant and insect pathogens, and microorganisms that are not pathogenic to humans or animals are excluded from dangerous goods regulations. However, permits issued by the US Department of Agriculture/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) may still be required even if transportation regulations do not apply. • Biological Products: Products derived from living organisms that are used for prevention, treatment, or diagnosis of disease in humans or animals. They can include finished or unfinished products such as vaccines. If products are known or reasonably believed to contain infectious substances, the products must be shipped as such. • Genetically modified microorganisms and organisms: Microorganisms and organisms in which genetic material has been purposely altered and meets the definition of an infectious substance, or can genetically modify other organisms, or are known to be dangerous to the environment, animals, or humans. Some genetically modified organisms that produce pharmaceutical or industrial products may be regulated by agencies such as USDA or Food and Drug Administration. 110
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the <strong>College</strong>’s IACUC must ensure that personnel are qualified to perform the procedures<br />
proposed in animals as part of the review process.<br />
All CUNY-affiliated college IACUCs now require researchers and other key personnel<br />
involved in animal research complete a prescribe list of CITI (Collaborative Institutional<br />
Training Initiative) computer-based training modules.<br />
Researchers and personnel handling wild animals are strongly encouraged to get a pre-exposure<br />
Rabies vaccination. See the NYC DOHMH website for more information.<br />
16.6 Shipping Biological Materials<br />
Shipping certain biological materials such as human or animal infectious agents or<br />
diagnostic/clinical samples - collectively referred to as dangerous goods - involves certain risks<br />
and incurs many potential liabilities. If you offer for transport, or transport dangerous goods, or<br />
cause dangerous goods to be transported, you must be a trained individual. The trained shipper<br />
is responsible for properly classifying, identifying, packaging, marking, labeling, and<br />
documenting shipments for transport by air or ground. Training and compliance with the<br />
regulations are not optional; they are the legal requirements under the U.S Department of<br />
Transportation.<br />
Categories of regulated materials include:<br />
• Infectious substances: Substances known or reasonably expected to contain pathogens.<br />
Pathogens are defined as microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae,<br />
parasites, fungi, and other agents such as prions, which can cause disease in humans<br />
and/or animals. This category also includes diagnostic or clinical (patient) specimens.<br />
o <strong>Plan</strong>t and insect pathogens, and microorganisms that are not pathogenic to<br />
humans or animals are excluded from dangerous goods regulations. However,<br />
permits issued by the US Department of Agriculture/Animal <strong>Plan</strong>t Health<br />
Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) may still be required even if transportation<br />
regulations do not apply.<br />
• Biological Products: Products derived from living organisms that are used for prevention,<br />
treatment, or diagnosis of disease in humans or animals. They can include finished or<br />
unfinished products such as vaccines. If products are known or reasonably believed to<br />
contain infectious substances, the products must be shipped as such.<br />
• Genetically modified microorganisms and organisms: Microorganisms and organisms in<br />
which genetic material has been purposely altered and meets the definition of an<br />
infectious substance, or can genetically modify other organisms, or are known to be<br />
dangerous to the environment, animals, or humans. Some genetically modified<br />
organisms that produce pharmaceutical or industrial products may be regulated by<br />
agencies such as USDA or Food and Drug Administration.<br />
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