Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
APPENDIX 4.26 -A (Revised: 8/1/14)
TB # 14 -01
Incident Response SOP to Select Agent Lab at SFGH/UCSF
(For UCPD and/or SFGH Sheriff’s Department Responses)
Purpose: To familiarize Department personnel with procedures pertaining to responding to
select agents at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH)/University of California
San Francisco (UCSF) facilities.
Policy: The University of California, San Francisco Police Department (UCSF PD) shall
provide assistance as needed to SFGH/UCSF laboratories during an incident
involving select agents. UCSF PD shall be responsible for providing site security
and control.
Procedure: Select agents are biological agents and toxins that the Department of Health and
Human Services and Department of A griculture have identified as having the
potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal, plant or
human health, or to animal or plant products. When an incident occurs, site
security and control must be maintained.
The UCSF labor atory of Dr. James Marks is a Tier 1 Select Agent -registered
facility, authorized by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to possess, use and
transfer botulinum neurotoxin. The presence of this toxin requires special
consideration in case of an incident or natural emergency, and also in the event
of theft, loss or release of the toxin itself. In all emergency situations, the
security of the toxin must be maintained, which must include closing all security
doors to the toxin storage and usage areas.
The fol lowing Special Operating Procedure (SOP) describes the appropriate
response protocol for UCPD and/or SFGH Sheriff’s Department responders for
all incidents involving Dr. Mark’s laboratory locations.
Upon receipt of an incident report involving the Select Agent Laboratory at
SFGH/UCSF (maintained by Dr. James Marks, SFGH, Bldg. 1, Rm. 171):
1. Proceed to the incident site immediately. *
* NOTE: Response personnel MUST arrive at incident site within 15
minutes.
2. Upon arrival, secure the laboratory (SFGH, Bldg. 1, Rm. 171) and set up
a perimeter to deny access to all personnel.
3. Contact at least one of the following persons immediately:
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
Title Name Work
Phone Alternate
Phone Email Address
Responsible
Official (RO) Peili Zhu 415-514-
2824 415-505-
1912 peili. zhu@ucsf.edu
Alternate RO Jonathan Koolpe 415-502-
1799 415-828-
5578 jonathan.koolpe@ucsf.edu
Principal
Investigator James D. Marks 415-206-
3256 510-388-
5296 marksj@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Toxin Inventory
Officer (TIO) Fraser Conrad 415-206-
5940 415-378-
3670 fraserc@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Alternate Toxin
Inventory Officer
(ATIO) Gabriel Mullin -
Manzanarez 415-206-
4140 510-292-
7486 manzanarezg@anesthesia.
ucsf.edu
4. DO NOT enter Select Agent locations (Rms. 171A, 171B, 171E) for any
reason unless personal or environmental safety is a significant concern.
5. Await further instruction from any of the individuals contacted.