Biorisk Management Flashcards
Containment principles, technologies, and practices that are implemented to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents or their inadvertent release.
Biosafety
An object or situation that has the potential to cause adverse effects when an organism, system, or (sub)population is exposed to it.
Hazard
Principles, technologies, and practices that are implemented for the protection, control, and accountability of biological materials and/or the equipment, skills, and data related to their handling.
Biosecurity
‘Protecting bad bugs from bad people’
Biosecurity
‘Protecting people from bad bugs’
Biosafety
A combination of the likelihood of an incident and the severity of the harm (consequences) if that incident were to occur.
Risk
The hazard is the needle stick and potential infection from exposure while the risk is the sharps or sharp object. (True or False)
False (The hazard is the sharps or sharp object, while the risk the needle stick and potential infection from exposure)
A systematic process of gathering information and evaluating the likelihood and consequences of exposure to or release of workplace hazard(s) and determining the appropriate risk control measures to reduce the risk to an acceptable risk.
Risk Management
The exposure assessment of a lab technologist is?
High Exposure
The exposure assessment of a phlebotomist is?
High Exposure
The exposure assessment of a laboratory assistant is?
Moderate Exposure
The exposure assessment of a laboratory clerk/secretary is?
Low exposure
Part of risk assessment where the likelihood of exposure to a hazard is weighed against the potential severity of harm under a set of predefined circumstances, such as a specific laboratory procedure.
Risk Evaluation
Is the risk associated to biological toxins or infectious agents.
Biorisk
Is the integration of biosafety and biosecurity to manage risks when working with biological toxins and infectious agents.
Biorisk Management
According to the _________________ Biorisk Management (BRM) is “a system or process to control safety and security risks associated with the handling or storage and disposal of biological agents and toxins in laboratories and facilities.”
CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) 15793:2011
Is “a system or process to control safety and security risks associated with the handling or storage and disposal of biological agents and toxins in laboratories and facilities.”
Biorisk Management
Encompasses the identification, understanding, and management aspects of a system in interrelated processes.
Biorisk Management
three (3) PRIMARY COMPONENTS of Biorisk Management:
A - Assessment
M - Mitigation
P - Performance
A framework that integrates best practices and procedures.
CWA 15793:2011
Ensures that an organization can effectively achieve all of its objectives.
CWA 15793:2011
Frequently built around the Plan, Do, Check Act cycle.
CWA 15793:2011
Identification of potential for improvement.
Plan
Testing and optimization of new concepts by basic means at one working place.
Do