{"id":68,"date":"2023-02-24T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-and-assurances\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:45:12","slug":"policies-procedures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-and-assurances\/policies-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines &amp; Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h2\" id=\"h-biosafety-ibc\">Biosafety \/ IBC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--link-arrow\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/safety-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/405\/2022\/05\/2017-Biosafety-Manual_v1.4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">51ÁÔÆæ Biosafety Manual (PDF)<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/panthers.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/USA\/biosafety\/EayhlLyuSB9Nqsw2Umbi-bMBSkdMz5AVTQMW8iygLQgsew?e=X0rDqB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">51ÁÔÆæ Institutional Biosafety 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