Standard Operating Procedures, or SOPs, are required for all equipment and operations in the work area. EHS has written several pertaining to biological work that are available for use. You can request Word document versions of the SOPs to edit for your work area(s) via email to ehs.lab.safety@ttu.edu.

Biohazard Handling

Aseptic Technique

Transporting Biological Materials

Emergency Procedures

Managing a Biological Spill

Managing a Biological Spill in a BSC

Equipment

Biological Safety Cabinet

Centrifuge

Sharps Handling & Disposal

Waste

Autoclaving Biological Waste

Chemical Disinfection of Biowaste

Autoclave Log

Chemical Disinfection Log - Liquids

Chemical Disinfection Log - Solids

BioSafety Topics

The links below provide specific information about the BioSafety & BioSecurity Program at Texas Tech.

Academic Safety Resources

Animals & Animal Materials

Arthropods & Vectors

Biological Risk Assessment

Biosafety & Biosecurity Home Page

Biosafety Cabinets and other Engineering Controls

Biosafety FAQs

Biosafety PI Responsibilities

Biosecurity

Biowaste Management

BUGs (Bio-material Use Guides)

Clinical Biosafety

Decontamination

Emergency Response

Human & Non-Human Primate Materials

Laboratory Self-Survey

Microorganisms

Occupational Health Program (OHP)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Plants

Prions

Recombinant/Synthetic Nucleic Acids (r/s NAs)

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Toxins of Biological Origin

Transporting Biological Materials