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Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory

Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratory Rates
 July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021

              

               Daily Rate*

               (8 hours)   8:30 a.m.  to  4:30 p.m.  $ 550

               One month of use $9,500.  Limited to a max of 8 hours per day, any additional hour (or portion thereof) over 8 hours is billed at $120/ per hour.

Equipment:

• An Esco class II type A2 biosafety cabinet
• Priorclave front loading 100L autoclave
• 1 -80^o C freezer and 2 4^oC refrigerator/-20^OC freezer
• Eppendorf 5810R and 5424 Centrifuges
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) maintenance and storage
• 2 37⁰C CO₂ incubators
• 1 shaking incubator
• PCR equipment
• 1 microscope
• 1 visible light spectrophotometer
• 1 microplate reader
• 1 biophotometer

Routine services all billed per hour at $120/ hour:

-Quarterly compliance review (approx. 2 hours)

-Periodic follow up visits

-Agent transfer paperwork and receipt (approx. 3-4 hours per transfer/receipt)

-Assistance with Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Protocol Submission and agent specific SOPs

Initial classroom user training (Required; Provided by Responsible Official (RO) or Alternate Responsible Official (ARO)): $350

• Biosafety and Biosecurity
• Facility Operations
• Emergency Response Procedures

* Times available are variable based on availability of facility and schedule of RO/ARO.

 Individual(s) responsible for contamination of room requiring a gross decontamination of suite will result in $10,000 charge for service