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HHS Publication No. (CDC) 93-8395 Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and
National Institutes of Health
3rd Edition March 1993
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1993
Editors
CONTENTS
SECTION I
- IntroductionSECTION II - Principles of Biosafety
- TABLE 1 Summary of Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents
- TABLE 2 Summary of Recommended Biosafety Levels for Activities in Which
Experimentally or Naturally Infected Vertebrate Animals Are UsedSECTION III - Laboratory Biosafety Level Criteria
SECTION IV - Vertebrate Animal Biosafety Level Criteria
SECTION V- -Recommended Biosafety Levels For Infectious Agents and Infected Animals
SECTION VI - Risk Assessment
SECTION VII - Agent Summary Statements
- Parasitic Agents
- Fungal Agents
- Bacterial Agents
- Rickettsial Agents
- Viral Agents (other than arboviruses)
- Arboviruses
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A
- Biological Safety Cabinets
- Figure 1.Class I Biological Safety Cabinet
Figure 2(a). Class II, Type A BSC
Figure 2(b). Class II, Type B1 BSC
Figure 2(c). Class II, Type B2 BSC
Figure 2(d). Table-top model of a Class II, Type B3 BSC
Figure 3.Class III BSCAPPENDIX B - Immunoprophylaxis
APPENDIX C - Surveillance of Personnel for Laboratory-Associated Rickettsial Infections
APPENDIX D - Importation and Interstate Shipment of Human Pathogens and Related Materials
- Figure 4. Packing and Labeling of Etiologic Agents
- Restricted Animal Pathogens
- Resources for Information
Office of Health and Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
1600 Clifton Road N.E., Mail Stop F05 Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Michigan State University [11/15/95]