BARS, Other Guidance Documents

A Biological Agent Reference Sheet (BARS) reviews the risk and steps that can be taken to mitigate risk for work with the agent in a laboratory setting. The goal is to offer standardized information about the health risks, recommended PPE, and handling conditions for different agents present in Cornell University laboratories. This information also represents a training tool for Principal Investigators training the next generation of researchers.

BARS are a collaborative product developed by EHS/Biosafety with the assistance of various subject matter experts within and outside the Cornell community. If you have recommendations for current BARS or new BARS you would like to see please contact EHS/Biosafety at askEHS@cornell.edu. Credit for reading the BARS is awarded through CULearn. Users who want or need credit must click the corresponding CULearn link.

Instructions: In the following table, to access each BARS, click on the link in the “Biological Agent Reference Sheet (BARS)” column. To earn credit in CULearn for reading the BARS, click on the corresponding link in the “CULearn Link for Credit” column.

Biological Agent Reference Sheet and Corresponding CULearn Link
Biological Agent Reference Sheet (BARS)	CULearn Link for Credit
Acinetobacter baumannii	EHS 2277.10 BARS - Bacteria-Acinetobacter baumannii
Adenovirus (in progress)
Aerococcus viridians(in progress)
Aflatoxins	EHS 2277.43 BARS - Toxin-Aflatoxin
African Swine Fever
Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 (in progress)
Aspergillus spp.	EHS 2277.36 BARS - Fungus-Aspergillus spp.
Bacillus cereus	EHS 2277.13 BARS - Bacteria-Bacillus cereus
Botulinum toxin (in progress)
Brucella spp (in progress)
Burkholderia spp (in progress)
Classical Swine Fever
Clostridium difficile	EHS 2277.55 BARS - Clostridium difficile
Cryptosporidium	EHS 2277.64 BARS - Cryptosporidium
Dengue Virus	EHS 2277.69 BARS - Dengue Virus
Non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strains	EHS 2277.16 BARS - Bacteria-Non-pathogenic E. coli strains
Pathogenic Escherichia coli strains	EHS 2277.17 BARS - Bacteria-Pathogenic E. coli strains
Enterococcus faecalis(in progress)
Feces and Urine - Human	EHS 2277.37 BARS - Mammalian-derived Materials - Feces and Urine - Human
Feces - Non-human primate (in progress)
Feline Coronaviruses (in progress)
Francisella tularensis (in progress)
Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica CDC Live Vaccine Strain	EHS 2277.20 BARS - Bacteria-Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica CDC Live Vaccine Strain
Herpesvirus (in progress)
Human-derived materials - BBP - including blood and cell lines	EHS 2277.39 BARS - Mammalian-derived Materials - Human-derived materials including blood, tissues, and cell lines
Influenza Viruses - High Path (in progress)
Influenza Viruses - Low Path (in progress)
Klebsiella pneumoniae(in progress)
Lentiviral Vectors - 1st and 2nd Generation and below	EHS 2277.45 BARS - Viral Vector-Lentiviral Vectors - 2nd generation
Lentiviral Vectors - 3rd Generation and above	EHS 2277.47 BARS - Viral Vector-Lentiviral Vectors - 3rd + generation
Leptospira spp.	EHS 2277.56 BARS - Leptospira
Listeria monocytogenes	EHS 2277.22 BARS - Bacteria-Listeria monocytogenes
Mammalian-derived materials (in progress)
Measles Virus	EHS 2277.58 BARS - Measles Virus
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis	EHS 2277.23 BARS - Bacteria-Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis(in progress)
Mumps Virus	EHS 2277.59 - BARS - Mumps Virus
NHP blood (build from human PUC) (in progress)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	EHS 2277.25 BARS - Bacteria-Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas fluorescens(in progress)
Rabies virus - clinical management (in progress)
Rabies virus - research laboratories
Rat Bite Fever	EHS 2277.72 BARS - Rat Bite Fever
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Salmonella enterica spp.	EHS 2277.27 BARS - Bacteria-Salmonella enterica spp.
SARS-CoV-2 Biological Agent Reference Sheet and Laboratory Guidance	EHS 2277.61 BARS - SARS-CoV-2
Sindbis Virus	EHS 2277.68 BARS - Sindbis Virus
Site Directed Nucleases (CRISPR/Cas9)(in progress)
Staphylococcus aureus	EHS 2277.28 BARS - Bacteria-Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis	EHS 2277.29 BARS - Bacteria-Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus saprophyticus(in progress)
Staphylococcus warneri (in progress)
Streptococcus spp (in progress)
Streptomyces (pombe, cerevisiae) (in progress)
Tetrodotoxin (in progress)
Toxoplasma gondii	EHS 2277.42 BARS - Parasite-Toxoplasma gondii
Vaccinia virus	EHS 2277.63 BARS – Vaccinia Virus
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus	EHS 2277.67 BARS - Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus
Vibrio spp (cholerae, vulnificus, parahaemolyticus)	EHS 2277.34 BARS - Bacteria-Vibrio spp (cholerae, vulnificus, parahaemolyticus)
Yersinia enterocolitica(in progress)
Zika virus	EHS 2277.54 BARS - Virus-Zika virus