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An incident command system promotes the use of a common terminology and has an associated glossary of terms that help bring consistency to position titles, the description of resources and how they can be organized, the type and names of incident facilities, and a host of other subjects.
The term "biocontainment" is related to laboratory biosafety. [2] [3] Merriam-Webster's online dictionary reports the first use of the term in 1966, defined as "the containment of extremely pathogenic organisms (such as viruses) usually by isolation in secure facilities to prevent their accidental release especially during research". [4]
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is a standardized approach to incident management developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security.The program was established in March 2004, [1] in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, [1] [2] issued by President George W. Bush.
Hazardous chemicals present physical and/or health threats to workers in clinical, industrial, and academic laboratories. Laboratory chemicals include cancer-causing agents (carcinogens), toxins (e.g., those affecting the liver, kidney, and nervous system), irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, as well as agents that act on the blood system or damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Cross‐contamination led to the first laboratory‐acquired human cowpox virus infection in the US in a laboratory worker conducting research on non-orthopoxvirus. [50] 2011 Dengue: Australia A scientist at a research laboratory in Australia got infected with Dengue through a mosquito bite in the laboratory. [51] 2012 Anthrax United Kingdom
Image Cytometry Standard, a digital multidimensional image file format used in life sciences microscopy; Industrial control system, computer systems and networks used to control industrial plants and infrastructures; Information and computer science, the combined field of informatics and computing
The LMS was established in 1994 and receives core funding from the Medical Research Council like the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge University. The institute is partnered with Imperial College London at the Hammersmith Hospital , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is part of the Institute of Clinical Sciences (ICS), a department in the Imperial ...
CLSI participates in the development of international standards as the Secretariat of ISO Technical Committee (TC) 212, clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems. This responsibility was delegated to CLSI by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), an ISO member body. CLSI also serves as the administrator for the ...