Respirable Crystalline Silica

Respirable Crystalline Silica

Respirable Crystalline Silica

It is the responsibility of the University of Maryland to take precautions to eliminate potential hazards in the workplace.

September 23, 2021

What is a KN95?

 KN95 masks reduce the amount of dust or virus particles a person breathes in by approximately 95 percent.

Compliance with the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules is mandatory for every institution that receives NIH funding for research involving recombinant DNA (rDNA) or synthetic nucleic acids. It is the responsibility of each investigator to make sure that his/her laboratory is complying. If your experiments require registration, register the work through the ESSR website. This outline is intended only to serve as a guide to the NIH Guidelines.