Barriers to Implementation of Optimal Laboratory Biosafety Practices in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: The primary goal of biosafety education is to ensure safe practices among workers in biomedical laboratories. Despite several educational workshops by the Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA), compliance with safe practices among laboratory workers remains low. To determine barriers to implementation of recommended biosafety practices among biomedical laboratory workers in Pakistan, we conducted a questionnaire-based survey of participants attending 2 workshops focusing on biosafety practices in Karachi and Lahore in February 2015. Questionnaires were developed by modifying the BARRIERS scale in which respondents are required to rate barriers on a 1-4 scale. Nineteen of the original 29 barriers were included and subcategorized into 4 groups: awareness, material quality, presentati

SUBMITTER: Shakoor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4976223 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature