Institutional Biosafety Committee

Office of Occupational Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE)

Pejabat Persekitaran, Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan

INSTITUTIONAL

BIOSAFETY

COMMITTEE

INSTITUTIONAL

BIOSAFETY

COMMITTEE

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RELATED ACTS AND REGULATIONS

SERVICES

BIOWASTE MANAGEMENT

BIOSAFETY LEVEL

RELATED FORM

ABOUT UTM IBC

WHO WE ARE?

Established in 2011, we are a committee under the UTM Occupational Safety, health, and Environment (OSHE) Main Committee. We are registered under National Biosafety Board (NBB).

WHAT WE DO?

We oversee UTM’s compliance with the Biosafety Act, 2007 (Act 678) on regulating work and use, specifically on modified organisms and biological materials, in general. In line with local law and regulations changes, the scope is now extended to overseeing biosecurity compliance per Malaysia’s obligation as a state party to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC).

	CHAIRMAN
	Name : Dr. Saleha Shahar
	Email address : salehas@utm.my

	BIOSAFETY OFFICER
	Name : Dr. Khairunnadwa Jemon
	Email address : khairun_nadwa@utm.my

NO.	FACULTY	DEPARTMENT/BUILDING	BIOWASTE OFFICER
1	Faculty Of Science	T02 Building	Mrs. Suhaidah Bte Suleiman
		C10 Building	Mr. Mohd Faizz bin Mohd Fuad
		T05 Building	Mrs. Nurul Hajar binti Sapiren
2	Faculty of Civil Engineering	C08	Mr. Mohd Hafzan bin Saidin Mr. Nur Muhamad El Qarni bin Md Norodin
3	Faculty of Electrical Engineering	Department Of Biomedical Engineering and Health Science (V01)	Mrs. Wan Syafiqah binti Muhammad Mrs. Nurul Husna Binti Jasin
4	Faculty Of Chemistry and Energy Engineering	N18 Building	Mr. Mohd Hafzan bin Saidin Mr. Nur Muhamad El Qarni bin Md Norodin
5	Institute of Bioproduct Development	N22 Building	Mr. Mohd Syafiq Nazmi bin Sukaimi Mr. Mohd Sabri bin Sethpa
6	Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology	MJIIT	Prof. Madya Dr. Shaza Eva binti Mohamad Dr. Fazrena Nadia binti Md Akhir
7	University Laboratory Management Centre Johor Bahru	T03 Building	Mrs. Rahimah binti Sabtu

Appointment of 2022-2024

ACTIVITY

BSC Calibration

Course & Workshop

Monthly Biowaste Collection

RELATED ACTS AND REGULATIONS

Biosafety Act, 2007 (Act 678)

An Act to establish the National Biosafety Board; to regulate the release. importation, exportation and contained use of living modified organisms, and the release of products of such organisms, with the objectives of protecting human, plant and animal health, the environment and biological diversity, and where there are threats of irreversible damage, lack of full scientific evidence may not be used as a reason not to take action to prevent such damage; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Link
Akta-Biokeselamatan-2007-Akta-678.pdf (biosafety.gov.my)

Environmental Quality Act, 1974 (Act 127)

An Act relating to the prevention,abatement, control of pollution and enhancement of the environment and for purposes connected therewith.

Link
Akta Kualiti Alam Sekeliling 1974 – ACT 127 – Jabatan Alam Sekitar (doe.gov.my)

SERVICES

a) Annual biosafety training (Act 678) – Biorisk Management: Biological Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, Biological Waste Management and Contained Use.
b) Safe Use Training of the Biosafety Cabinet (BSC).
c) Safe Use Training of the Autoclave.

What is Autoclave and Function:

An autoclave is a machine that uses steam under pressure to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores on items that are placed inside a pressure vessel. The items are heated to an appropriate sterilization temperature for a given amount of time.

Biosafety Cabinet Recertification

What is a BSC:

A biosafety cabinet (BSC), also called a biological safety cabinet, is an enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace for safely working with materials contaminated with (or potentially contaminated with) pathogens requiring a defined biosafety level.

A biological safety cabinet (BSC) is a primary engineering control used to protect personnel against biohazardous or infectious agents and to help maintain the integrity of materials being worked on as it filters both the inflow and exhaust air.

BSC Certification Team

Certification of engineering controls is part of compliance with Act 678. IBC-UTM saw the need for sustainable recertification of BSCs in UTM. In 2018, Mr. Nazirul Mubin bin Normansah became an NSF-certified BSC Field Certifier after attending the NSF Biosafety Cabinet Basic Accreditation Program, a training co-organised by IFBA and A-PBA in support of Canada Global Affairs. Currently, there are only five approved BSC field certifiers in Malaysia. Mr. Nazirul is one of them and the only one from IPT. Thanks to UTM supports, the team is responsible for the annual recertification of all BSCs in UTM. This team only cover biosafety cabinet class A2. The team is now expanding for continued support to UTM’s safety compliance.

Request a service: Link (IT team to create google form under biosafety@utm.my)
For more information, contact Nazirul Mubin bin Normansah (nazirul@utm.my)

BIOWASTE MANAGEMENT

IBC UTM Biowaste Management tasks are to ensure treatment and disposal of biological wastes are done in a manner that is safe and in compliance with:

a) Malaysia Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Policy and Guideline (2015).
b) Biosafety Guidelines: Contained Use Activity of Living Modified Organism (2010).
c) Manual Pengurusan Sisa Terkawal (Environmental Operations Control KTSP/SOP/446‐09).

For more information, contact Noor Hidayah binti Md Nooh (noorhidayah_mn@utm.my)