{"id":154,"date":"2025-12-04T18:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/institutional-biosafety-committee\/reporting-a-biosafety-concern\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:54:02","slug":"reporting-a-biosafety-concern","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/institutional-biosafety-committee\/reporting-a-biosafety-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting a Biosafety Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull banner-strip has-energy-green-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0.75rem;padding-bottom:0.75rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cb46ffcb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4f6f85ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Dial 911 if you are concerned for the immediate safety of yourself or others<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:3rem\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bodoni-font-family\"><em>Biosafety Incident<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been involved in a biosafety incident (spill, accident, potential exposure):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refer to your lab-specific SOP for cleanup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/bso\/\">Biosafety Office<\/a><\/strong>, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill out a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate.scishield.com\/raft\/incident-management\/incident-report\/create\">Biosafety Incident Report Form<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rmi.colostate.edu\/insurance\/incident-reporting\/\">Incident Reporting: Risk Management Reporting Tools<\/a>: Downloading and reporting a Workers\u2019 Compensation Form may also be required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:3rem\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bodoni-font-family\"><em>Biosafety Concern<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you suspect the misuse or unsafe use of biohazardous materials or noncompliance with an approved protocol, University policies, or local, state, or federal regulations, please contact the University Biosafety Officer or IBC Chair immediately. The contact can be made by telephone, fax, in person, or in writing to the individuals listed below, who must convey the information to the named individual for investigation. Individuals making the report do not have to identify themselves, unless they wish to do so. Colorado State University protects the rights of whistleblowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-divider-energy-green is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Rebecca Mortiz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">University Biosafety Officer<br><a href=\"tel:+19704918268\">(970) 491-8268<\/a>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"mailto:Rebecca.Moritz@colostate.edu\">Email Rebecca<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Dr. Chaoping Chen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IBC Chair<br><a href=\"tel:+19704910726\">(970) 491-0726<\/a>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"mailto:Chaoping.Chen@colostate.edu\">Email Dr. Chaoping<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Christine M. Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IBC\/IRE Manager<br><a href=\"tel:+19704918690\">(970) 491-8690<\/a>\u00a0<br><a href=\"mailto:Christine.Johnson@colostate.edu\">Email Christine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:CSU_IBC@colostate.edu\">CSU_IBC@colostate.edu<\/a>&nbsp;with concerns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biosafety concerns can be reported anonymously through the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/csusystem.edu\/compliance-reporting-hotline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CSU Compliance Reporting Hotline<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dial 911 if you are concerned for the immediate safety of yourself or others Biosafety Incident If you have been involved in a biosafety incident (spill, accident, potential exposure): Biosafety Concern If you suspect the misuse or unsafe use of biohazardous materials or noncompliance with an approved protocol, University policies, or local, state, or federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":138,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"microsite":[10],"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"microsite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/orcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/microsite?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}