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Biosafety

Biosafety covers the proper use of biologically hazardous material. Biological hazards include any biological or pathogenic agent, substance or material (living or non-living) that may pose a threat to the health and safety of the researcher, participants, community or environment, or needs special precautions to be taken in their use or storage.

  • You are required to consider biosafety, health and safety issues related to your teaching or research and comply with the legislative and regulatory requirements.

  • If your work involves pathogenic substances in Risk Group 3 or 4 (AS/NZS2243.3) you must apply for approval. Access AS/NZS2243.3 via the SAI Global online public library database (UniSA Library)

You must gain approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee prior to commencing teaching or research involving the use of biological hazardous material.

Policies and guidelines

Refer to University policy RES 4

Application forms

Completed application forms must be submitted to: ethics@unisa.edu.au

Timelines

Once you submit your application, feedback (which might include the requirement that your application be considered by a full Institutional Biosafety Committee meeting) will take a maximum of 10 working days. Please contact the Compliance Officer if you have not had a response within this timeframe.

Permits

Imported biological products must have an Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) permit for importation and AQIS approval for transfer to another institution.

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