Any work involving biological material requires a Biological Risk Assessment .These must be written and approved before work can begin.

Risk Assessment template  forms can be found at https://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/health-safety/forms/

All Biological Risk Assessments must be reviewed and signed  by your supervisor before being sent to for approval. Please ensure all relevant parts have been completed fully. Failing to do so could lead to delays in the approval process.

Hazard Group 1 - These can be reviewed and approved by designated  people  within the CBE .

Hazard Group 2 - These must be reviewed by Carolyn or Kul before being sent to  Julie Turner/peer review for approval.

GMO - These must be approved by  Julie Turner/peer review

Please ensure you include the laboratory manager on any correspondence to ensure we know what assessments have been sent for approval and ultimately what material is coming into the facility.

Please ensure the laboratory Manager receives a copy of the approved signed copy.

In this section will be posted a copy of all approved Biological Risk Assessments. They will be uploaded here when we receive them.( Please let us know if the information held in the risk assessments is confidential and therefore will not be made public)