Laboratory biosafety manual.

Contributor(s):

World Health Organization [issuing body.]

Material type:

Computer fileLanguage: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic Publisher: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2020Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 1 online resource (xviii, 101 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789240011311
9240011315

Subject(s):

Biological laboratories -- Safety measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

DDC classification:

576.0289 20/eng/20231120

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Introduction -- Risk assessment -- Core requirements -- Heightened control measures -- Maximum containment measures -- Transfer and transportation -- Biosafety programme management -- Laboratory biosecurity -- National/international biosafety oversight.

Summary: "The WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (LBM) has been in broad use at all levels of clinical and public health laboratories, and other biomedical sectors globally, serving as a de facto global standard that presents best practices and sets trends in biosafety. LBM encouraged countries to accept and implement basic concepts in biological safety and to develop national codes of practice for the safe handling of biological agents in laboratories within their geographical borders. This fourth edition of the manual builds on the risk assessment framework introduced in the third edition. A thorough, evidence-based and transparent assessment of the risks allows safety measures to be balanced with the actual risk of working with biological agents on a case-by-case basis. This novel evidence- and risk-based approach will allow optimised resource use and sustainable laboratory biosafety and biosecurity policies and practices that are relevant to their individual circumstances and priorities, enabling equitable access to clinical and public health laboratory tests and biomedical research opportunities without compromising safety."-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (LBM) has been in broad use at all levels of clinical and public health laboratories, and other biomedical sectors globally, serving as a de facto global standard that presents best practices and sets trends in biosafety. LBM encouraged countries to accept and implement basic concepts in biological safety and to develop national codes of practice for the safe handling of biological agents in laboratories within their geographical borders. This fourth edition of the manual builds on the risk assessment framework introduced in the third edition. A thorough, evidence-based and transparent assessment of the risks allows safety measures to be balanced with the actual risk of working with biological agents on a case-by-case basis. This novel evidence- and risk-based approach will allow optimised resource use and sustainable laboratory biosafety and biosecurity policies and practices that are relevant to their individual circumstances and priorities, enabling equitable access to clinical and public health laboratory tests and biomedical research opportunities without compromising safety."-- Provided by publisher.

Available electronically via the Internet.

Available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic.

Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (WHO, viewed April 24, 2023).