Last Updated: March 24, 2025

Use the BSL-3/ABSL-3 Medical Management site to access agent-specific information and medical management plans for BSL-3 and select agent research at UW.

Symptom Development

If you are an employee who works in the UW BSL-3 or Select Agent laboratory and develop symptoms, you are required to:

  1. Contact the EH&S Employee Health Center for evaluation.
  2. Notify an EH&S Alternate Responsible Official (ARO) or the Responsible Official (RO).

Symptom development is:

  • Temperature >100.4°F (38°C), and/or
  • Symptoms consistent with infection from research agents.

Notification Procedures

If you develop a fever or symptoms as defined above, put on a face mask and follow these steps:

  1. Seek medical evaluation
  • During business hours, call Employee Health Center at 206-685-1026 (select option 0).
  • Outside business hours, call the UW Medical Center Paging Operator at 206-906-8082.
    • Identify yourself as a UW BSL-3 worker. Request the Campus Health Physician. Be prepared to provide your name and phone number.
    • If no response within 30 minutes, wear a face mask and go to Harborview Medical Center (HMC) Emergency Department (ED). If unable to go to HMC, wear a face mask, go to nearest ED, and present this card.
  1. Notify EH&S
  • During business hours, call the EH&S Biosafety Office at 206-221-7770.
  • Outside business hours, call an ARO or the RO.