Assessment of biorisk management systems in high containment laboratories, 18 countries in Europe, 2016 and 2017.

ABSTRACT: Europe-wide activities to improve biosafety and biosecurity performed within the frameworks of the European Union (EU)-funded Joint Actions EMERGE and QUANDHIP led to the development of an Integrated European Checklist for Laboratory Biorisk Management (ECL).To better understand different approaches shaping biorisk management (BRM) systems on an operational level in high containment laboratories, the ECL was used to map the implementation of BRM in 32 high containment laboratories in 18 countries in Europe. The results suggest that the BRM elements referring to standard microbiological working practices and the handling of infectious material were fulfilled particularly well. The elements safety exercises involving internal and external emergency responders, and appropriate decommissioning

SUBMITTER: Appelt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7502897 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature