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Biosafety is the prevention of large-scale loss of biological integrity, focusing both on ecology and human health. [1] These prevention mechanisms include the conduction of regular reviews of biosafety in laboratory settings, as well as strict guidelines to follow. Biosafety is used to protect from harmful incidents.
One use of the concept of biocontainment is related to laboratory biosafety and pertains to microbiology laboratories in which the physical containment of pathogenic organisms or agents (bacteria, viruses, and toxins) is required, usually by isolation in environmentally and biologically secure cabinets or rooms, to prevent accidental infection ...
A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/protection level, is a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed laboratory facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) to the highest at level 4 (BSL-4).
[1] [4] WHO/Europe also provides tools and training courses in biosafety and biosecurity. [ 5 ] An international Laboratory Biorisk Management Standard developed under the auspices of the European Committee for Standardization , defines biorisk as the combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm where the ...
A biosafety cabinet (BSC)—also called a biological safety cabinet or microbiological safety cabinet—is an enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace for safely working with materials contaminated with (or potentially contaminated with) pathogens requiring a defined biosafety level.
The international biohazard warning symbol as it appears in the Laboratory biosafety manual (Third edition) by the World Health Organization, Geneva 2004. Note that the sickles have blunt ends, not sharp ones. (Unlike most versions on the web) Blunt probably because sharp forms tend to print lousy images when stenciled.
Biosafety level 4 laboratories are designed for diagnostic work and research on easily respiratory-acquired viruses which can often cause severe and/or fatal disease. What follows is a list of select agents that have specific biocontainment requirements according to US federal law.
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