1. Biosafety Overview

2. Objectives:
• Basic notions of Biosafety within laboratories
• Distinguish Biosafety and Biosecurity
• To create awareness about biohazard

3. Biosafety
• “The application of a combination of laboratory practices and
procedures, laboratory equipment and safety equipment for working
with potentially infectious micro-organisms”
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• Biosecurity
• “Institutional and personal security measures developed to avoid the
loss, theft, misuse, dispersion or intentional use of pathogens and
toxins”

4. Biosafety
• “Laboratory biosafety describes the containment principles,
technologies and practices that are implemented to prevent the
unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins, or their accidental
release.” (WHO/CDS/EPR/2006,6)

5. Biosafety
 In 1975, 1st Biosafety Guidelines were made
• Biosafety is one of the issues addressed by the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD), which was finalized in 1992 at the UN
conference and entered into force on 29 December 1993.
• From: Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, 2014
Biohazard
Unpredictable
GMO

6. International Health Regulations
• WHO began on 7 April 1948
• Initial version: 1969
• Revised version: 2005
• 196 countries
• That include:
Laboratory/ networks
Crossing points ( borders, airports)

7. What we can find in our labs?

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9. Why is it important to manage the biohazard
risks?
• Risks for the Personnel of the laboratory
• Risks for the population outside and near the lab
Spreading Pathogens by:
Air, Water, People, Transportation and waste
• Risk for the Environment

10. To remember….
• TRAINING and RE TRAINING
To create awareness
• Critical points:
Sample transportation
PPE
Lab equipment: BSC, Autoclave
(and to maintain them !)

11. Conclusion
• A good knowledge
• Biosafety training
• Incidents-reporting Practices