October 11, 2024 - J. Willard
MSU is proud to join the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) International in welcoming the 11th Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Month.
The purpose of the yearly designation is to highlight safety stewardship and engagement and to enhance the positive working relationships between safety professionals and the MSU research community (or collaborators) as well as supporting responsible and ethical research.
We would like to remind researchers/supervisors, etc. that safety training (including bio, chem, rad, waste, occupational, etc) and site-specific training are required by both federal and state regulatory agencies. Protect your laboratory staff by requiring training to occur prior to conducting laboratory work.
We recommend that PIs/Supervisors review the waste regulations in a lab meeting at least annually. Feel free invite an EHS representative to join for any questions!