Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) courses below fulfill training requirements of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Minnesota Regents Policy.

These training modules include quiz questions and University-specific biological safety information. All modules are administered and tracked through the Training Hub and you must have a University of Minnesota x500 to log in. 

Course	Course Number	Who is Required to Complete the Course
Biological Safety in the Lab	UHS122	All laboratory staff must complete this course once.
Implementation of NIH Recombinant and Synthetic Nucleic Acids Guidelines	UHS124	All laboratory staff working with r/sNA must complete this course once.
Bloodborne Pathogens: Introduction	UHS100	Must complete this course every year if you are laboratory staff working with: infectious microorganisms human blood human body fluids human/primate cell lines
Bloodborne Pathogens: Advanced	UHS101	Must complete this course every year if you are laboratory staff working with: infectious microorganisms human blood human body fluids human/primate cell lines

Biological Safety in the Laboratory

Complete this course once.

Provides an overview of information researchers will need to remain in compliance with the policies and requirements of the IBC and the University's Biosafety Program.

Implementation of NIH Recombinant and Synthetic Nucleic Acids Guidelines

Complete this course once if you work with r/sNA.

Familiarizes the principal investigator (PI) and lab personnel with the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules.

Bloodborne Pathogens Training

Complete these courses: Bloodborne Pathogens Introduction & Bloodborne Pathogens Advanced

• every year if you work with infectious microorganisms, human blood, human body fluids, or human/primate cell lines
• only once if you work with infectious agents other than human materials and bloodborne pathogens

Training for personnel working with human/zoonotic infectious agents, human blood, human body fluids, and/or unfixed human/nonhuman primate tissue or cell lines.

Completing these courses meets the requirements of:

• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• U of M Administrative Procedure Activities Involving Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents
• IBC requirements for researchers (staff, students, and volunteers)

Notes

After you complete a training module, the courses should appear in the eProtocol Personnel Information section of your IBC application. To view the training courses for each staff member, click on their name, and then click twice on the double arrows to the right of "Training Details.”

If personnel have taken the training but it isn't listed, include each unlisted training module's name and date of completion in the box for "training that is not indicated above" for all personnel (click on their name).

Information on how to access training records is found here.

** If admin staff will not be working within the laboratory and will not be placed in situations under which exposure to biological agents might occur training is not required. If this is the case, please report this in the "training that is not indicated above” section.

Educational Resources

Educational resources are being developed.

Questions

For questions regarding training content or technical issues, contact UHS at (612) 626-6002 or uhs@umn.edu.

For questions regarding training requirements, contact the IBC at (612) 626-2161 or ibc@umn.edu.