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
Careful checking of process and obtained results.
Check
Full implementation as a standard which is periodically checked by audits.
Acts
Analysis of the current situation.
Plan
Development of new concepts.
Plan
If successful → full approval as a standard process.
Check
What part of the PDCA cycle does Hazard Identification belong to?
Plan
What part of the PDCA cycle does Risk assessment
belong to?
Plan
What part of the PDCA cycle does Policies/Policy
belong to?
Do
What part of the PDCA cycle does Objectives
belong to?
Do
What part of the PDCA cycle does Procedures and Programs
belong to?
Do
What part of the PDCA cycle does Monitoring Audit
belong to?
Check
What part of the PDCA cycle does Corrective/Preventive action
belong to?
Act
Is generally defined as the possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as injury or loss) will happen.
Risk
Refers to anything in the environment that has a potential to cause harm.
Hazard
Identification of hazards and characterization of risks.
Risk Assessment
helps to achieve goals in a timely manner
PDCA cycle
If there’s a potential hazard there is no risk. (True or False)
False (If there’s a potential hazard there is ALWAYS a risk)
Identification of hazards and risks of the biological agents is what part of risk assessment?
Define the situation
Humans and animals inside or outside the laboratory
is what part of risk assessment?
Define the situation
Work activities and laboratory environment including location, procedures and equipment is what part of risk assessment?
Define the situation
Review of how individuals inside and outside the laboratory may be exposed to the hazards is what part of risk assessment?
Defining/Define the risk
Risk assessment team needs to compare the likelihood and the consequences of infection is what part of risk assessment?
Characterize the Risk
Evaluating the BioRisk arising from a biohazard takes into account the adequacy of any existing control is what part of risk assessment?
Determine if risks are acceptable of not
Comparing the likelihood and the consequences of infection.
Characterize the Risk
Measures are actions and control measures that are put into place to reduce or eliminate the risks associated with biological agents and toxins.
Biorisk Mitigation
Physically remove the hazard
Elimination
Replace the hazard
Substitution
Isolate people from the hazard
either isolation or engineering controls (engineering control nakalagay kay sir r* smh)
Change the way people work
Administrative Controls
Protective the worker with Personal Protective Equipment
PPE
Helps to highlight BioRisk strategies that are not working effectively and measures that are ineffective or unnecessary.
Performance Evaluation
Involves a systematic process intended to achieve organization objectives and goals.
Performance Evaluation
A reevaluation of the overall mitigation strategy.
Performance Management
illustrates the balanced role among the components of Bio risk Management
AMP (Assessment, Mitigation, and Performance)
Performance evaluation is a linear process, true or false?
false, it is a continuous process to monitor the implementation of existing biosafety procedures and practices
integral part in implementing the concepts of biosafety and biosecurity
Biorisk management
Hierarchy of controls
Elimination- Substitution - Engr controls - admin controls - PPE
