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Biosafety Review Board

The mission of the Biosafety Review Board (BRB) is to identify, evaluate, control and prevent biological hazards in conformance with NASA, Federal and international health and safety regulations. The BRB includes a team of microbiologists, cell biologists, physicians, industrial hygienists, and occupational health professionals to assess the wide range of biohazardous materials encountered. Biohazardous materials may consist of bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, cell cultures, and other infectious agents. All biological payloads are assessed and biohazardous materials identified are assigned a NASA biosafety level (BSL). Additional functions of the BRB include evaluating ground-based experiments utilizing biohazardous materials, maintaining a current inventory of biohazardous materials that are stored at JSC facilities, and conducting an annual inspection of JSC facilities utilizing biohazardous materials.

Biosafety Review Board Operations and Requirements Document

This Biosafety Review Board Operations and Requirements Document establishes requirements for the information required by the BRB to identify and assess biohazardous materials utilized in payload or ground-based experiments. The document also defines the requirements for tracking biohazardous materials that are stored at JSC facilities and the requirements for inspecting JSC facilities utilizing biohazardous materials. This document supersedes all biological material references in JSC 27472 "Requirements for Submission of Data Needed for Toxicological Assessment of Chemicals to be Flown on Manned Spacecraft".

Submitting an Experiment for Biosafety Review

First register and create an account - Biosafety Review Board Application.

Once your account is approved, you will be notified via e-mail and will then be able to create and submit your form. Select the applicable form below.

 Ground-Based Biohazardous Materials Approval Form - Once your account is approved, you will able to log-in and submit the form. You will also be able to track the status of your application after you submit the form for approval. You and your Technical Monitor will receive an official Biosafety Review Board Memorandum upon the approval of the application.

In-flight Biohazardous Materials Form - Once your account is approved, you will be able to log-in and submit the form. You will also be able to track the status of your application after you have submitted the form for approval. The Payload Safety Engineer for your payload will receive an official Biosafety Review Board Memorandum upon approval of the application.

For more information, contact Willy Wong at microbrb@mail.nasa.gov

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