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NIH Required IBC Training Presentations

Nationally recognized biological safety expert, Robert J. Hashimoto, conducted training for Principal Investigators and laboratory staff on biological safety in the lab and implementation of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules November 2007. These training sessions are archived online, and satisfy NIH training requirements.

U of M x500 Required

Implementations of NIH Guidelines

Powerpoint Document -- Implementation of NIH Guidelines

Biological Safety in the Laboratory

Powerpoint Document -- UMN Biological Safety in the Laboratory

How to Register Training

NIH Training

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA)
  • Key Definitions and Acronyms
  • The NIH Guidelines and IBC Responsibilities

Related Resources

• American Biological Safety Association
  • Biosafety Discussion List
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Society of Gene Therapy
• Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International
• Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (CDC and NIH)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Select Agent Program
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Office of Human Research Protections (DHHS)
• Federal Register On-line
• National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB)
• National Institutes of Health
• Office of Biotechnology Activities (Home page)
  • Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors
  • Human Gene Transfer Protocol List (OBA)
  • NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
  • Safety Considerations in Recombinant DNA Research with Pathogenic Viruses
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH)
• Risk Group Classification for Infectious Agents (ABSA)
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• The IBC: Who We Are and What We Do For You

Updating Your Training Record

• Go to your Onestop Training Record

• Log in with your x500 when prompted. Your personal training record will load. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Report completed training…” to access the self-report form.

• Enter the title of the event  (Either ‘Biological Safety in the Lab’ or ‘NIH Guidelines Training’ )

• Enter the start date and end date on which training was completed (MM/DD/YYYY).

• Enter the length of the online training in hours using decimals. For example, 1 hour = 1.0, 90 minutes = 1.5, etc.

• Enter the provider of training ( Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)).

• On the “Reason for Training” question, check: Compliance - To attend training needed to meet internal or external requirements.

• Enter a brief description of the educational activity.

• Click the “Report Course” button.

• You will be prompted to review what you have entered: “Is the following information correct?"

  • If it looks correct, click the “Yes; Report It” button.

  • If it is not correct, click the “No; Edit It” button, and you will be returned to the prior page to correct the information you entered. When you have corrected the information, click the “report course” button (step 9 above). You will again be prompted to review (step 10).

Please be advised that once you update your record, it takes 48 hours to process.