Department of Safety & Risk Management
Environmental Health and Safety: RI Regulated Medical Waste, Bloodborne Pathogens and Biosafety
The Bloodborne Pathogens Section contains the URI Exposure Control Plan, facts sheets and
information about preventing exposures to bloodborne pathogens. The Biological Safety section contains instructions on how
to package biohazard waste, fact sheets, and waste pickup schedules. It also provides a link to the URI Research Office where
Institutional Biosafety Procedures are available, as well as links to other sites.
Note: Some documents are .pdf files, and require Adobe Acrobat reader to view. Click the icon to download, free of charge.
- Rhode Island Regulated Medical Waste Flyer
- Fax Request for Biohazard Waste Pickup
- Biohazard Pick-up Schedule: 2008
- Instructions for Packaging Biohazard Waste
Please complete the form and fax to 401-789-5126.
Bloodborne Pathogens
- URI Exposure Control Plan
- URI Exposure Determination Worksheet
- Exposure Control Checklist for URI Employees
- Bloodborne pathogens Fact Sheet for URI Employees
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard Flyer
- Yale University Training Video: Cleaning Up A Blood Spill
Rhode Island Agency Regulations and Information
- Rhode Island Regulated Medical Waste Regulations (Biohazard Waste)
- Rhode Island Department of Health Information on Medical Waste – Home Guide
Federal Agency Regulations and Information
- OHSA Regulations: Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29CFR 1910.1030)
- OHSA Bloodborne Pathogens and Needle Stick Prevention Safety and Health Topics
- Centers for Disease Control/NIOSH: Bloodborne Infectious Diseases - HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis C Virus
URI Institutional Biosafety Procedures and Forms
*Note: This information is available on the URI Research Office web site. This will leave the Safety and Risk Management Web site and bring you to the URI Research Office Web site.*
Links
- Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 5th Edition CDC
- Classification for Diagnostic Specimens and Infectious Substances - Shipping Guidelines: UNH Fact Sheets
- American Biosafety Association: Resources and Tools
- American Biosafety Association: Training videos: Working at Animal Biosafety Levels 1, 2, and 3
- Yale University Training Video: Effective Use of a Biosafety Cabinet
