basic concepts of biosafety and biosecurity Flashcards
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
In 1967, there is an increase in… and… due to the…
Mortality & morbidility
Smallpox
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When was the serious concerns about the biosafety practice worldwide were raised
1967
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Where did the serious concerns about biosafety practices worldwide were consolidated?
Russia: State Research for Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR
US: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who described the use of mechanical pipettors to prevent laboratory acquired infections
Arnold Wedum
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When was the use of mechanical pipettors to prevent laboratory acquired infections?
1907 & 1908
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who is the director of Industrial Health and Safety in 1944
Arnold Wedum
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who provided the foundation for evaluating the risks handling infectious microorganisms
One of the pioneers of biosafety
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
The use of mechanical pipettor is to prevent…
Laboratory acquired infections
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When did the pharmaceutical company in Pennsylvania developed a ventilated cabinet to prevent infection from myobacterium tuberculosis
1909
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
The pharmaceutical company in Pennsylvania developed a … to prevent …
ventilated cabinet
infection from myobacterium tuberculosis
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who developed a ventilated cabinet to prevent infections from mycobacterium tuberculosis
A pharmaceutical company in Pennsylvania
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When did the US biological weapons program began and who ordered it
1943, US President Franklin Roosevelt
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When did WHO aggressively pursued the eradication of the virus
1967
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
How did the WHO aggressively pursued the eradication of the virus
Through vaccination
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Newell A. Johnson developed what technical solutions?
Class III Safety Cabinets and laminar flow hoods
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Camp Detrick was renamed to
Fort Detrick
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who analyze the multiple epidemiological studies for laboratory-based outbreak
Wedum and microbiologist Morton Reitman
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
when did Wedum and Morton Reitman analyzed multiple epidemiological studies of laboratory-based outbreak
1966
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who is the microbiologist and a colleagues at Fort Detrick
Morton Reitman
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who terminated the US biological weapons program
US President Richard Nixon
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When was the Biological weapons program terminated
1969
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When did the CDC published Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of Hazard
1974
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
In 1974, what did the CDC published
Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of Hazard
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When was the national Institution of Health published NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecule
1976
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
In 1976, what did the national Institution of Health published
NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecule
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When was the World Health Organization’s first edition of Laboratory Biosafety Manual
1983
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
In 1983, what is the World Health Organization’s first edition
Laboratory Biosafety Manual
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
When did NIH and CDC’s joint-published first edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
1984
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
In 1984, NIH and CDC’s joint-published first edition of
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
Technical means of mitigating the risk of accidental infection from or release of agents in the laboratory setting as well as the community and environment it is situated in.
Biosafety levels
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Progress of biosafety continued until the emergence of a community of “___” who adopted the administrative role of ensuring that the ____ and ____ are in place
“biosafety officers”
proper equipment
facility controls
Identify:
1. Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of Hazard
2. Laboratory Biosafety Manual
3. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
4. NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA molecule
- CDC
- WHO’s first edition
- NIH and CDC’s joint-published
- National Institute of Health
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Who became the first scientific director of camp detrick
Ira L. Baldwin
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Ira L. Baldwin became the first…
First scientific director of camp detrick
Brief history of laboratory biosafety:
Newell A. Johnson engaged some of Camp Detrick’s leading scientist about the…
nature of their work
Brief history of laboratory biosecurity:
Which year did the US government enacted Select Agent Regulation
1966
Brief history of laboratory biosecurity:
In 1966, the US Government enacted…
Select Agent Regulation
Brief history of laboratory biosecurity:
Who monitor the transfer of a select list of biological agents from one facility to another
Select agent Regulation
Brief history of laboratory biosecurity:
When was the revised agent regulation the requires specific security measures for any facility in the United Staes that used or stores one or more agents on the longer list of agents
2001
Brief history of laboratory biosecurity:
In the Select Agent Regulation in 2012, how many of tiers of select agents are there
Two tier of select agents
Brief history of laboratory biosecurity:
Materials that pose the greater risk of deliberate misuse and the remaining select agents
Tier 1 agents
What is Singapore select agent regulation
Biological agent and toxins act
What is South Korea select agent regulation
Act on prevention of infectious disease (2005)
What is Japan select agent regulation
Infectious disease control law
What is Canada select agent regulation
Containment Levels 3 and 4
