Office of Biological Safety

Environment, Health and Safety Department, 30 East Campus Mall, Madison, WI 53715-1227
Phone: (608) 263-2037, Fax: (608) 265-8700, biosafety@fpm.wisc.edu

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The UW-Madison Office of Biological Safety (OBS) assists all faculty and staff in observing safe biomedical laboratory practices as prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and endeavors to assure that research is done in secure facilities in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations. The OBS is the administrative office of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).

Mandatory biosafety training for all personnel working in labs with biohazardous materials: 

View instructions for accessing the new online biosafety training modules via Learn@UW (self-registration), or go to the training page.