Health and Biosafety Office

Elham RajabiManager

Policy of the Office

The basic policy of Health and Biosafety Office includes creating a safe working environment for colleagues, protecting the environment in relation to the activities of Avicenna Research Institute, and promotion of individual’s health, and environmental protection through the establishment and implementation of management system.

Therefore, the Office always made the best attempts in order to implement health management system and HSE, and attract the participation of all employees in the implementation of relevant programs, which include full compliance with all safety, health and environment laws and instructions, responsible commitment, and performing activities with complete observance of safety health and environment principles.

Duties

The main duties and responsibilities in the Office:

Identification, evaluation, and prevention of all health, safety, and environmental hazards in the workplace and research areas
Planning and proper acting to prevent health, safety, and environmental hazards and take preventive and corrective measures to reduce risks
Increasing awareness, education and promotion of culture of community in observing HSE considerations
Determining the rules, requirements and regulations related to HSE and be accountable for their optimal and correct implementation
Control of biological and chemical harmful factors and preventing their possible hazard
Increasing awareness to reduce unsafe behavior, compiling all safety instructions and observing them in order to reduce hazardous chemical accidents
Following standard waste disposal methods in accordance with regulations and development of relevant instructions to reduce environmental hazards

Manager responsibilities:

Implementation of HSE policies
Development and ratification of regulations and instructions related to biosafety for groups, departments, laboratories, and affiliated units of the research institute
Making the necessary arrangements and laying the ground for the implementation of biosafety regulations
Developing and launching biosafety training courses for different groups such as professors, students, and staff in accordance with their executive activities in laboratories and workplaces
Performing biosafety assessments evaluating the activity and performance of employees
Supervising and surveillance on the implementation of all rules, regulations, and instructions

Responsibilities of the Office assistant:

Identification of all health, safety, and environmental hazards
Providing solutions to control health, safety, and environmental risks
Periodic visits to all research laboratories and affiliated centers and preparation of relevant checklists
Preparing reports related to biosafety, health issues, following up the results of reports, recording all incidents, and pursuing violations
Initial development and drafting health, safety, and environmental guidelines
Observing biosafety protocols and enactments