CRI Biosafety Sub-Committee Meeting

MEETING MINUTES

Monday, August 3, 2009

1-5 pm

M floor, Biomedical Science Building

Members in attendance:

Prior to this meeting, every one distributed their part of manual via email.

Biosafety manual:

	Responsible person
I. Introduction	All, distributed by Piyajit
II. Research Project Registration and Approval	All, distributed by Piyajit
III. Working Safely with Biological Materials
A. Exposure Control	Sumitra
B. Biosafety Levels	Sumitra
C. Animal Biosafety Levels	Daam
IV. Laboratory Procedures and Equipment
A. Guidelines for Good Laboratory Practices at BSL1 and BSL2	Yodsoi
B. Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC's)	Yodsoi
C. Decontamination	Mayuree
D. Exposure to Infectious Agents	Mayuree
E. Biological Material Spills	Mayuree
F. Biological Waste Handling	Piyajit
G. Packaging and Shipping Biological Materials	Piyajit
H. Shipping and Transportation Methods and Requirements	Piyajit
Radiation safety manual	Sopapan

Today we considered Part I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IVC, IVD, and IVE.

Use CRI for the Chulabhorn Research Institute in all places except the first appearance.
We will use similar outline to Princeton. A chapter about rDNA can be added.
Make sure to have the responsibilities of each component in agreement with the draft for Occupational Health and Safety (prepared by Daam), if there is a change we will change later.
Regarding the project approval, Biosafety subcommittee will review a give recommendation and send to safety committee.
Biosafety sub committee will meet once a month to consider the proposal if there is any.
We will not identify where medical assistance can be acquired if needs.
We will propose a full time safety officer at CRI.
Sumitra informed that most of the manual we consider contained similar wording, which might be from CDC or NIH or WHO.
Appendix: should add the list of infectious agents, type of rDNA work

Date: Friday 7 August 2009

Time: 9am

Place: M floor, Biomedical Building

Consider the rest of the manual