{"id":36,"date":"2018-09-10T18:17:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exalumnos.rcm.upr.edu\/committees\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:14:00","slug":"ibc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rcm1.rcm.upr.edu\/institutionalresearch\/ibc\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tour][vc_tab title=&#8221;References&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1593710538128-2-8&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rcm1.rcm.upr.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/Guia-Manejo-DBR-en-el-RCM-under-review-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gu\u00eda de Manejo de Desperdicios Biom\u00e9dicos Regulados<\/a> PDF <em>En Proceso de Revisi\u00f3n (Spanish)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rcm1.rcm.upr.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/prepsop.pdf\" target=\"out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guidance for Preparing Standard Operating Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rcm1.rcm.upr.edu\/institutionalresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/04\/Biosafety-Manual-2007-under-review-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biosafety Manual<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/labs\/BMBL.html\" target=\"out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Labs. 5th edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ehs.lbl.gov\/\" target=\"out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General Biosafety refresher course, EOL Berkeley National Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/lab\/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interim Guidelines for Biosafety and 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Form &#8211; Forma y Gu\u00eda de Avaluo de Riesgos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab title=&#8221;Contact Us&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1594052811761-3-6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><strong>Joseph Bloom Oquendo, PhD\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>Presidente<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Comit\u00e9 Institucional de Bioseguridad<\/div>\n<div>787-758-2525 ext. 5414<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:joseph.bloom@upr.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">joseph.bloom@upr.edu<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Teresa Soto Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><em>Asistente<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Comit\u00e9 Institucional de Bioseguridad<\/div>\n<div>787-758-2525 ext. 1687<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"mailto:teresa.soto1@upr.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" 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