BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY Flashcards
Importance
treat all specimen as potentially infectious
Prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents and toxins or their accidental release
Biosafety
The protections, control and accountability for valuable biological materials within laboratories in order to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion or intentional release
Biosecurity
most used bacteria as bioweapon
bacillus anthracis
most used bacteria as bioweapon
bacillus anthracis
US biological weapons program when was it created
1943
Who created US biological weapons program
President Franklin Roosevelt
This camp became a permanent installation for biological research after WWII
Camp Detrick or Fort Detrick
First director of camp detrick
Ira L. Baldwin
When was the US biological weapons program terminated?
1969
Microbiologist who analyzed multiple epidemiological studies of laboratory based outbreaks
Wedum and Morton Reitman
Made the class III biosafety cabinet and laminar flow hoods
Newell A Johnson
American Biological Safety Association when
1984
It provides protection for personnel and environment from biochemicals
Biosafety Cabinet
BSC provides minimal personnel protection. Does not protect work surface
BSC I
