Biosafety Lab Levels
- 1. BIOSAFETYLABS 001Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com OverviewofBiosafetyLevels
- 2. perform research on potentially hazardous materials develop new methods of diagnostic testing discover potential treatment options improve or test pharmaceuticals. Scientists use these isolated environments to: What Are Biosafety Labs? 002Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com Biosafety labs are used to study infectious materials and biological agents in a safe environment.
- 3. Biosafety Lab Requirements: Biosafety labs are all required to meet certain precautionary standards depending upon the nature of the work being done in the lab. BSL-1(lowest) BSL-2 BSL-3 BSL-4(highest) Biosafety labs have 4 levels: 003Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com
- 4. Biosafety Level 1 Labs designated as BSL-1 are only required to practice minimal safety precautions as their research pertains to materials that pose no or low risk to healthy adults or the community. 16ga BSL-1 labs do not handle materials that are known to consistently cause harm to human health and are therefore pose little to no risk should any find its way out of the lab. Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com 004 E. Coli Staphylococcus Bacillus subtilis Agents Requiring a BSL-1 Lab Environment
- 5. Biosafety Level 2 BSL-2 labs conduct research on biological agents that pose a moderate risk to healthy adults and the community. 16ga Often handling human blood, tissue, cells, and fluids, BSL-2 labs have more stringent regulations for personnel training, handling of contaminated objects, and the flow of personnel in and out of the work area. Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com 005 Hepatitis A, B, and C HIV Plasmodium falciparum Agents Requiring a BSL-2 Lab Environment Toxoplasma gondii Toxic agents researched in BSL-2 labs are known to cause moderate disease to humans if inhaled, ingested, transmitted subdermally, or otherwise come in contact with.
- 6. Biosafety Level 3 BSL-3 labs are appropriate for the handling of microbes that may cause severe or lethal disease to humans via inhalation. 16ga BSL-3 labs typically have specialty air systems, designed to bring clean air from non-work areas into the work area of the lab for improved air quality and filtration. Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com 006 Mycobacterium tuberculosis SARS coronavirus MERS coronavirus Agents Requiring a BSL-3 Lab Environment Yellow fever virus West Nile virus COVID-19 Additional measures to isolate BSL-3 labs, include double self- closing doors, sealed windows, filtered air systems, and stringent decontamination procedures.
- 7. Biosafety Level 4 At the highest level of biosafety, BSL-4 labs research highly-infectious agents that pose serious and life-threatening risks to human health. 16ga Extreme caution is required in the design and operation of these facilities. BSL- 4 labs have restricted access, are isolated or stand-alone buildings, and implement stringent decontamination practices. Scientific Products // Lab Design onepointesolutions.com 007 Smallpox Ebola virus Marburg virus Agents Requiring a BSL-4 Lab Environment Hendra virus Agents studied at this level, are often newly discovered diseases of indeterminate risk and without known causes, cures, or treatments.
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