New Principal Investigator Trainings

All Yale University trainings can be found in Workday Learning. Please review Policy 1010 Training and Other Requirements and the Matrix of University-Wide Requirements for more information.

EHS Trainings

Everyone working in the laboratory must complete the following these training classes as a baseline:

Bloodborne Pathogens Training

Any person who will handle unfixed human blood, tissues or body fluids, and either primary or contiuous human cell lines, must complete OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Training before initiating this research.

NIH Guidelines and Impact on Training and Work Practices Conformity

The NIH Guidelines state that any institution accepting any amount of NIH funding must comply with their lab safety rules and this requirement applies to every lab at an institution regardless of any individual lab and their funding source. Yale University has agreed to those funding terms and therefore every Yale lab must comply with their basic lab rules. Key NIH lab safety rules that must be followed include:

  • No mouth pipetting.
  • Avoiding the use of sharps in laboratory procedures and working safely when they are required in animal experiments.
  • Disinfection of lab equipment and work surfaces after use.
  • Always wearing PPE (lab coat, safety glasses, and gloves) in the lab and never to areas outside of the laboratory.
  • Confining aerosols by conducting hazardous research inside a biosafety cabinet and working very slowly and carefully when directly handling biohazardous materials.
  • Never eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics, or otherwise touching your face with your hands and lower arms while working in the lab.
  • Always washing your hands after removing PPE, before leaving the laboratory, after using the restroom, and whenever PPE is compromised.
  • Keeping lab doors closed while research with biohazards is in progress.
  • Not allowing plants or animals that are unrelated to the research in Yale laboratories.

Note:  If your laboratory is not handling any biohazards, please contact the Yale EHS Biosafety Office to set up a custom lab biosafety training for your group.

Important Biosafety Messages for All Researchers

Below are a series of brief fact sheets covering topics from glove leak rates, natural and unnatural routes of exposure in the laboratory, and the significant hazards associated with aerosols. This information should be shared with all laboratory researchers who handle or work near where biohazard research is conducted.