Dead Animal Handling (BU ASC)
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Biological Research and Export Controls
NIH Policy on Enhancing Security Measures for Human Biospecimens (NOT-OD-25-160) NIH has issued a new policy, effective October 24, 2025, which prohibits distribution of human biospecimens of U.S. persons by any entity (e.g., biorepository, institution, investigator) to institutions or parties located in Countries of Concern, defined by the policy as China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba […]
Cyanides SOP Template
All laboratories at BU that work with cyanides must complete the standard operating procedure template below and submit to the Chemical Safety Officer via oehs@bu.edu (please send to the attention of the Chemical Safety Officer in the body of the email). Labs are also encouraged to contact EHS (oehs@bu.edu) for further assistance adopting and working […]
EHS BMC OEM Respiratory Questionnaire
Animal Care Termination of Access Form
Animal Care Med Campus Metabolic Cage Request
Animal Care Consent to Treat
Transportation of Non-Rodents
BU IACUC Approved April 2014 Transportation of research animals is often necessary to accomplish research goals. These include, but are not limited to: transportation to the Principal Investigator (PI) laboratory for survival studies transportation to the PI laboratory for terminal studies transportation to designated core equipment areas such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasound (US) […]
Animal Cage Capacity Policy
This policy is for the Animal Science Center housing of animals. The Animal Science Center (ASC) is committed to upholding minimum cage space requirements for all laboratory animals. For most laboratory animal species, the cage size is mandated by federal law.1 The “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” reflects these laws and […]
ASC Cleaning Procedures
Animal Science Center is committed to maintaining animal health and assisting in the production of high-quality biomedical research. Maintaining quality animal health and the “protective zone” for research animals from the potential pathogens associated with a multi-species research facility encompass multiple and interconnected components. First to achieve those goals is the purchase of high-quality animals […]