These websites and online documents provide additional information on biosafety practices, National Institutes of Health (NIH) oversight activities, and NIH Guidelines:

NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (April 2002)

NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities: IBC Basics

NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities: rDNA and Gene Transfer

Guidelines on Primary Containment for Biohazards

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 5th Edition

Laboratory Safety Monograph - A Supplement to the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research, DHEW, January 1979.