Biosafety guidelines for handling microorganisms in the teaching laboratory: development and rationale.

ABSTRACT: The safe handling of microorganisms in the teaching laboratory is a top priority. However, in the absence of a standard set of biosafety guidelines tailored to the teaching laboratory, individual educators and institutions have been left to develop their own plans. This has resulted in a lack of consistency, and differing levels of biosafety practices across institutions. Influenced by the lack of clear guidelines and a recent outbreak of Salmonella infections that was traced back to teaching laboratory exposures, the Education Board of the American Society for Microbiology charged a task force to develop a uniform set of biosafety guidelines for working with microorganisms in the teaching laboratory. These guidelines represent best practices for safely handling microbes, based on the safe

SUBMITTER: Emmert EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3706168 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature