Biological Safety contains instructions on how to package biohazard waste, fact sheets, and waste pick-up schedules. It also provides a link to the URI Research Office where Institutional Bio-safety Procedures are available, as well as links to other sites.

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URI Flyer: Rhode Island Regulated Medical Waste

Forms
Please complete the form and fax to 401-789-5126.

• Fax Request for Biohazard Waste Pickup

Information Sheets

• Biohazard Pick-up Schedule: 2007
• Instructions for Packaging Biohazard Waste

URI Institutional Biosafety Procedures and Forms
This information is available on the URI Research Office web site.

• URI Institutional Biosafety Procedures and Forms*

*Note: This will leave the Safety and Risk Management Web site and bring you to the URI Research Office Web site.*

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• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories CDC
• Classification for Diagnostic Specimens and Infectious Substances -
  Shipping Guidelines: UNH Fact Sheets
• Rhode Island Regulated Medical Waste Regulations (Biohazard Waste)
• New Labeling Requirements for Biological Samples Dried on Specimen Collection Paper
• New Postal Regulations for Labeling Infectious Substances; Effective January 1,2004