Working in biosafety level 3 and 4 laboratories: A practical introduction

Manfred Weidmann; Nigel Silman; Patrick Butaye; Mandy Elschner

doi:10.1002/9783527675357

Working in biosafety level 3 and 4 laboratories: A practical introduction

Manfred Weidmann (Editor), Nigel Silman (Editor), Patrick Butaye (Editor), Mandy Elschner (Editor)

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The first training manual for new staff working in BSL3/4 labs. This guide is based on a course developed in 2007 by the EU COST action group 28b which serves as a standard for many courses BSL3/4 training courses worldwide. The four-day course consists of lectures and practical training with the lecturers covering all the different possibilities of organising a BSL-3/4 lab including the adaptation to the local requirements of biosafety, safety at work, and social regulations.

This book covers bio-containment, hazard criteria and categorisation of microbes, technical specifications of BSL-3 laboratories and ABSL-3 laboratories, personal protective gear, shipping BSL-3 and BSL-4 organisms according to UN and IATA regulations, efficacy of inactivation procedures, fumigation, learning from a history of lab accidents, handling samples that arrive for diagnostic testing and bridging the gap between the requirements of bio-containment and diagnostics. Course participants can not only use the book for their actual training event but it will remain a useful reference throughout their career in BSL3/4 labs.
© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

Original language	English
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-527-67536-4, 978-3-527-67533-3, 978-3-527-67534-0, 978-3-527-67535-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-527-33467-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527675357
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

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