Table 1: List of Security Sensitive Biological Organisms

Tier 1	Tier 2
Abrin	African swine fever
Bacillus anthracis	Capripox virus
Botulinum toxin	Classical swine fever virus
Ebolavirus	Clostridium botulinum
Foot and mouth disease virus	Francisella tularensis
Highly pathogenic Influenza A virus, infecting humans (including Avian Influenza H5N1)	Lumpy skin disease virus
Marburgvirus	Peste des petits ruminants virus
Ricin	Salmonella Typhi
Rinderpest	Vibrio cholerae (O1 and O139)
SARS coronavirus	Yellow fever virus
Variola virus
Yersinia pestis

Table 2: Relationship between biological hazard, approval and containment requirements

Biological Hazard   Risk Group	Application Form	Approving Body	Process and Timeframe	Containment Requirement
Risk Group 1	UNSW Risk Assessment and Control Form or Research Services RA2 form	Supervisor and Head of School	Do Not forward to the OHS and WC Unit or UNSW IBC	Physical Containment Level 1 (PC1) as per Australian Standard AS2243.3 (refer to the UNSW Biosafety Procedure)
Risk Group 2	UNSW Risk Assessment and Control Form or Research Services RA2 form	Supervisor and Head of School	Do Not forward to the OHS and WC Unit or UNSW IBC	Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) as per Australian Standard AS2243.3 (refer to the UNSW Biosafety Procedure)
Risk Group 3	UNSW Risk Assessment and Control Form and Research Services RA2 form	UNSW IBC	Forward to the OHS and WC Unit. Reviewed at a quarterly meeting of UNSW IBC.	Physical Containment Level 3 (PC3) as per Australian Standard AS2243.3 (refer to the UNSW Biosafety Procedure)
Risk Group 4	UNSW Risk Assessment and Control Form and Research Services RA2 form	UNSW IBC	Forward to the OHS and WC Unit. Reviewed at a quarterly meeting of UNSW IBC.	Physical Containment Level 4 (PC4) as per Australian Standard AS2243.3 (refer to the UNSW Biosafety Procedure).

Tools and Resources

• Biosafety Procedure
  
• Biosafety Legislation
• Containment Facility Registration
• Containment Facility Decommissioning
• Guideline: Risk Group Determination of Cell Lines
• Information Sheet - Classification of Infective Microorganisms by Risk Group
• Laboratory Safety Guide (Under Review)
• Laboratory Safety Manual Template (Under Review)
• Microorganism & Biohazard Register
• Sign - PC2 Authorised User List
• Sign - PC2 Laboratory Door
• Sign - PC1 Laboratory Door
  
  Immunisation
• Decline of Immunisation Form
• Hep A Immunisation Guideline
• Hep B Immunisation Guideline
• Q-Fever Immunisation Guideline
• Immunisation Questionnaire and Autorisation
  
  Waste
• Biological Waste Collection Schedule
• Laboratory Hazardous Waste Disposal Procedure