CITI Program Training

Instructions for first time CITI Registration (PDF)

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CITI Biosafety/Biosecurity Course Options

  1. Student handling biohazards as part of course curricula - INTRODUCTION TO BIOSAFETY

Required Modules

  • Biosafety Course Overview
  • Medical Surveillance
  • Risk Management: Work Practices
  • Work Safely with Sharp Instruments
  • Disinfection and Sterilization
  • Safe Sharps Devices
  1. Faculty, staff, student handling biohazards as part of a research protocol - TRAINING FOR INVESTIGATORS, STAFF AND STUDENTS HANDLING BIOHAZARDS.

Required Modules

  • Biosafety Course Overview
  • Laboratory-Acquired Infections
  • Biohazard Risk Assessment
  • Medical Surveillance
  • Risk Management: Personal Protective Equipment
  • Risk Management: Emergency and Spill Response
  • Risk Management: Laboratory Design
  • Risk Management: Work Practices
  • Work Safely with Sharp Instruments
  • Disinfection and Sterilization
  • Risk Management: Engineering Controls
  • Centrifuge Precautions
  • Safe Sharps Devices

Optional Modules

  • Select Agents and Toxins
  • Bioterrorism
  • Biosecurity
  1. Faculty, staff, student working on animal experiments involving biohazards or with naturally infected animals as part of a research protocol - ANIMAL BIOSAFETY. (This training selection requires the training identified at “B”.)

Required Module

  • Animal Biosafety
  1. Faculty, staff, student working with recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids molecules - NIH RECOMBINANT DNA (RDNA) GUIDELINES. (This training selection might also require the training identified at “B”.)

Required Module

  • NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules
  1. Biosafety refresher course for students, staff, faculty - BIOSAFETY RETRAINING COURSE. (DO NOT COMPLETE if you did not previously take the course identified at “B”.

Required Modules

  • Biosafety Course Overview
  • Laboratory-Acquired Infections
  • Biohazard Risk Assessment
  • Medical Surveillance
  • Risk Management: Personal Protective Equipment
  • Risk Management: Emergency and Spill Response
  • Risk Management: Laboratory Design
  • Risk Management: Work Practices
  • Work Safely with Sharp Instruments
  • Disinfection and Sterilization
  • Risk Management: Engineering Controls
  • Centrifuge Precautions
  • Safe Sharps Devices

Optional Modules

  • Select Agents and Toxins
  • Bioterrorism
  • Biosecurity
  1. Faculty, staff, student employees identified as having occupational tasks or responsibilities that include reasonable anticipated risk of occupational exposure to human blood or other potentially infectious materials - OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

Required Modules

  • OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
  • Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Vaccination
  • Labels and Engineering Controls
  • Universal Precautions and Work Practices
  • Emergency Response Procedures 
  1. IBC Member - INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER COURSE

Required Modules

  • Biosafety Course Overview
  • Laboratory-Acquired Infections
  • Biohazard Risk Assessment
  • Medical Surveillance
  • NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules

Optional Modules

  • Human Gene Transfer Research
  • Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)
  1. Faculty, staff shipping regulated biological materials - SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT OF REGULATED BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

Required Modules

  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Overview
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Classifications
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Packaging Requirements
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Shipping Papers
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Permits for Restricted Shipments and Transfers
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Security Awareness
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Emergency Response Information
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Refrigerants
  • Shipping Regulated Biological Materials: Appendix

Optional Modules

  • Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)