Additions to safety

Felix Dambula
Reminder on professional ethics
Classification of Laboratory
Hazards
Some safe precautions
Classification of organisms
according to level of risk
 Risk Group 2
• These organisms offer a moderate risk to the
laboratory worker and a limited risk to members of
the community.
• They can cause serious human disease but are not a
serious hazard.
• Effective preventive measures and treatment are
available and the risk of spread in the community is
limited.
• Examples include staphylococci, streptococci,
enterobacteria (except Salmonella typhi), clostridia,
vibrios, adenoviruses, polioviruses, coxsackieviruses,
hepatitis viruses, Blastomyces, Toxoplasma, and
Leishmania.
Class I Biosafety cabinets
Class II Biosafety cabinet