What Biosafety concerns itself with protecting staff, patients, the public and the environment from dangerous biologicals.
Some forms have to be filled out so that the committee knows what the investigator plans to do.
The forms can be found in the Forms section of this site. How Soon For most laboratory studies the approval process takes about 2 weeks. If there are unusual features in the protocol, approval can take longer - sometimes more than a six weeks. Our local committees are forbidden to approve a study until the RAC has passed judgment on the protocol. Approval for clinical xenotransplantation protocols requires evaluations by a special Xenotransplantation Advisory Committee.