| Organization/Link |
Description/Purpose |
| ABSA - American Biological Safety Association |
Association founded to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world |
| ANSI - American National Standards Institute |
Institute that promotes and facilitates voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguards their integrity |
| ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
Society focused on advancing heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning technology to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world |
| CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States; one responsibility of the CDC is defining Biosafety Levels |
| IEST - Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology |
International society representing interests in the areas of contamination control; design, test, and evaluation; product reliability; and aerospace |
| ISPE - International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering |
The world’s largest not-for-profit society serving pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals |
| NEBB - National Environmental Balancing Bureau |
Premier international certification association for firms that deliver high performance building systems |
| NFPA – National Fire Protection Association |
International nonprofit association established to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training and education |
| OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Organization within the United States Department of Labor whose role is to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women |
| VaBIO - Virginia Biotechnology Association |
Association focused on promoting the bioscience industry in Virginia, expanding the knowledge and expertise of Virginia’s businesses concerning the life sciences, and to enhancing public awareness of the biotechnology industry in Virginia |
