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Is auditing or monitoring required?

The Environmental Health and Safety staff carries out routine laboratory assessments in order to ensure that federal and state requirements for the handling and storing of hazardous materials are being met. The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is authorized by the Institutional Official to limit or suspend any research that is not in compliance with the Medical College of Wisconsin's biosafety policies and procedures and the IBC-approved protocol(s) in place.  Occasionally, additional assessments must be conducted, depending upon the source of funding or acquisition of a specimen such as a pathogen or toxin from a commercial source.