When you receive notification of your provisional BUA approval and feel you are ready for your formal site inspection, send Lab Ops (Bakar Labs) a ticket requesting a pre-inspection of your space.

We will schedule a time to walk you through the questions the BSO officer will ask and help guide you. If you are missing any information or any of the safety items required for this inspection, we will help point you in the right direction. For a quick guide on the questions the BSO inspector will ask, please see here (link).

After our pre-inspection and once we think you are all set, we'll schedule the formal BSO inspection for you. Please be aware, you will choose a date for the formal inspection and a BSO inspector will schedule the formal inspection 5 or 7 business days after the requested date. 

Lab Starter Kits

For new companies, Bakar Labs can sell a starter kit of supplies to help pass your initial site inspection. 

Non-Bio Kit - $88 USD

• Safety eyewear
• Spray bottle with 70% ethanol
• Lidded secondary transport container

BSL1 Kit - $225 USD

• Everything in the 'Non-Bio Kit' above
• BSL1 Step-on bin for solid BSL1 autoclave trash
• Sharps container, small
• Squeeze bottle for making 10% bleach for spot disinfection

BSL2 Kit - $375 USD

• Everything in the 'Non-Bio Kit' and 'BSL1 Kit' above
• Red medical waste transport pail
• Red lidded secondary transport container

BSL2 Private Lab Kit - $500 USD

• Everything in the 'Non-Bio Kit', 'BSL1 Kit', and 'BSL2 Kit' above
• BSL2 step-on trash bin

Helpful tips: 

BSO will look for: 

• Minimum PPE; 

  • Lab Coats

  • Safety Glasses

  • Nitrile Gloves

  • Face Shields *if applicable 

• Labeled/Dated 70% Ethanol Solution Spray bottle(s).

• Labeled/Dated 10% Bleach Solution Spray bottle(s)
  • Only use 10% bleach solutions for two weeks at a time. Then remake the solution.

• Non-Porous material is directly on the floor. NO CARDBOARD/STYROFOAM ON THE GROUND. 

• Secondary containers for any liquids on the floor.

• That you know where the Spill Kits are located in the room. 

• That you know where the Emergency Eyewash & Shower Stations are located in the room.  

• The BUA is readily accessible, either electronically or in hard copy.

• Everything needs to be labelled with your company name and relevant hazard stickers.

• That your Sharps container is properly labeled and no re-capped needles were observed. 

• https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1030
• "Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps shall not be bent, recapped or removed unless the employer can demonstrate that no alternative is feasible or that such action is required by a specific medical or dental procedure."

• You will need your biohazard labeled red transfer pail (link).

• They make sure that you have an active medical waste account and collection bin in Room 202A.

• Check that Lab personnel are trained on spill response and reporting of spills.