The critical aspects of biosafety, biosecurity, and biocontainment have been in the spotlight in recent years. There have also been increased international efforts to improve awareness of modern practices and concerns with regard to the safe pursuit of life sciences research, and to optimize current oversight frameworks, thereby resulting in decreased risk of terrorist/malevolent acquisition of...

Objectives: Laboratory-acquired brucellosis (LB) has been one of the most commonly reported laboratory-associated bacterial infections in both endemic and non-endemic countries. Brucellosis is endemic in Turkey. The aim of this study is to describe the risk factors of LB among laboratory healthcare workers. Material and method: A regional survey study was conducted by face-to-face interview in ...

This study was designed to survey the existing Biosafety and Biosecurity levels of the clinical laboratories in order to assess the controls in place to keep the laboratory workers, and the surrounding community, safe from an outbreak of infectious diseases in Karachi, Pakistan. The survey also helped to evaluate the present level of Biorisk management practiced in these clinical laboratories. ...

Over 300 Asian life scientists were surveyed to provide insight into their work with infectious agents. This survey was designed to inform our understanding of the state of biosci-ences, laboratory biosecurity, and biosafety in Asia. The survey results can help to identify and address gaps in the development and implementation of policies and practices related to laboratory biosafety and biosec...

Biosafety is an important part of the know-how of all clinical laboratory professionals. Biosafely must have high priority in the design and use of analytical systems. Attention should be focused on reducing the handling of biological specimens, reducing biohazards to laboratory personnel, and on improving the labelling and containment of biohazardous materials. In this paper, biosafety issues ...

Introduction Laboratory biosafety – a component of biosecurity – has specific elements that together, comprise a facility’s capability to both protect employees and the surrounding public and environment. Measuring these elements permits assessment and the costing of program-specific safety interventions. In the absence of a strategy and toolset, we developed a conceptual framework and toolset ...