BASIC CONCEPTS ON LABORATORY

BIOSAFETY & BIOSECURITY

MLSP111 | FINALS | 1ST SEMESTER

BIOSAFETY IN MICROBIOLOGICAL AND DIFFERENCE OF BIOSAFETY &

BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES (BMBL) BIOSECURITY

★ Become the code of practice for ★ Biosafety is protecting people from

biosafety-the discipline addressing the dangerous pathogens
safe handling and containment of ★ Biosecurity is protecting pathogens
infectious microorganisms and from bad people
hazardous biological materials.

CWA-15793:2008

★ Laboratory Biorisk Management

Standard
○ The first internationally
recognized management
standard to specifically
address hazards associated
with microbiological
laboratories at all
containment levels
BIORISK
LABORATORY BIOSAFETY
★ Risk associated with biological
★ Containment principles, technologies, materials
and practices implemented to prevent
unintentional exposure to pathogens BIOSAFETY + BIOSECURITY = BIORISK
and toxins, or their unintentional
release. CLASSIFICATION OF INFECTIVE
MICROORGANISMS BY RISK GROUP
LABORATORY BIOSECURITY
★ Risk Group 1 (No or low individual and
★ Protection, control and accountability community risk)
for valuable biological materials within ○ A microorganism that is
laboratories, in order to prevent their unlikely to cause human or
unauthorized access, loss, theft, animal disease.
misuse, diversion or intentional ★ Risk Group 2 (Moderate individual risk,
release. low community risk)
BASIC CONCEPTS ON LABORATORY
BIOSAFETY & BIOSECURITY
MLSP111 | FINALS | 1ST SEMESTER

○ A pathogen that can cause

human or animal disease but
is unlikely to be a serious
hazard to laboratory workers,
the community, livestock or
the environment. Laboratory
exposures may cause serious
infection, but effective
treatment and preventive
measures are available and
the risk of spread of infection
is limited.
★ Risk Group 3 (High individual risk, low
community risk)
○ A pathogen that usually
causes serious human or
animal disease but does not
ordinarily spread from one
infected individual to another.
Effective treatment and
preventive measures are
available.
★ Risk Group 4 (high individual and
community risk)
○ A pathogen that usually
causes serious human or
animal disease and that can
be readily transmitted from
one individual to another,
directly or indirectly. Effective
treatment and preventive
measures are not usually
available.

RELATION OF RISK GROUPS TO BIOSAFETY

LEVELS, PRACTICES AND EQUIPMENT