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About the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

The purpose of the Medical College of Georgia Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is to ensure institutional compliance with laws and regulations governing research with biohazardous materials to include pathogenic microorganisms, infectious materials, recombinant DNA, and select agents; to establish policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that research at MCG does not present unacceptable risks to the health or safety of faculty, staff, students, visitors, or the general public; and finally, to assist researchers in safely conducting research with biohazardous materials.

The IBC implements CDC guidelines published in Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 4th ed, 1999; NIH guidelines published in Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA, 1998; and federal regulations governing CDC/USDA Select Agents published in 42 Code of Federal Regulatons Part 1003, Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins; Interim Final Rule, December 13, 2002.
 

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