BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY PART 1

Question 1

protecting people from dangerous pathogens

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Laboratory Biosafety

Question 2

protecting pathogens from dangerous people

Answer 2

Laboratory Biosecurity

Question 3

Charles Baldwin

• Creation of biohazard symbol

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1966

Question 4

US biological weapons program ordered by _____

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US President Franklin Roosevelt (1943)

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Made bullets with toxins

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1943

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1st scientific director of

Camp Detrick

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Ira L. Baldwin

Question 7

• Lab in Camp Detrick - used to test dispersal of biological agents in aerosol
• Newell Johnson – modification of biosafety
➢ Class III safety cabinets & laminar flow hoods

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1949

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Army surgeon appointed a medical liaison officer to the biological warfare labs

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1950

Question 9

Army Chemical Corps & Army Medical

Department – medical defense research against biological weapons

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1953

Question 10

US Biological Weapons Program was

terminated by President Richard Nixon

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1969

Question 11

Father of microbial biosafety

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Arnold Wedum

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mechanical pipettors to prevent lab- acquired infections

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1907-1908

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Wedum & Morton Reitman – multiple

epidemiological studies of lab-based outbreaks

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1966

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small pox era

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1967

Question 15

– CDC published the Classification of Etiological Agents on

the Basis of Hazard;

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1974

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US NIH published the NIH Guidelines for Research

Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules;

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1976

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WHO’s 1st edition of LABORATORY BIOSAFETY MANUAL

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1983

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CDC & NIH’s jointly published first edition of the
BIOSAFETY IN MICROBIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL
LABORATORIES

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1984

Question 19

American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was

founded;

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1984

Question 20

US government enacted the Select Agent Regulations to
monitor the transfer of a select list of biological agents from one
facility to another.

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1996

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Anthrax attack in US (known as Amerithrax);

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2001

Question 22

revision of Select Agent Regulations sought to address the

creation of 2 tiers of select agents.

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2012

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materials that pose the greatest risk of deliberate misuse

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tier 1

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materials that pose the greatest risk of deliberate misuse

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tier 1

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3rd Edition of the Laboratory Biosafety Manual

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2004

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similar scope with the US regulation but with more severe penalties for noncompliance

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Singapore: Biological Agents and Toxins Act (2005

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institutions that work with listed “highly dangerous pathogens” to implement laboratory biosafety & biosecurity requirements

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South Korea: Act on Prevention of Infectious Diseases (2005)

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four schedules of select agents subject to different reporting & handling requirements

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Japan: Infectious Disease Control Law

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Canadian containment level (CL) 3 and 4 facilities that work with risk group 3/4 are required to undergo certification

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Canada

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Minister of Health and Prevention – has authority to regulate possession, manufacture, use, storage, sale, purchase or other transfer, distribution, transport & disposal of listed biological agents

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Denmark

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ensure “an adequate level of protection in the field of safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs)

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Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) in 2003

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National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) | - organizational structure for biosafety

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E.O. 430, s. 1990

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National Biosafety Framework (NBF) Guidelines strengthening the NCBP

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E.O. 514 | March 17, 2006

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requires clinical laboratories to ensure policy guidelines on laboratory biosafety & biosecurity

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DOH A.O. No. 2007-0027

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by Department of Agriculture (DA) • policies on importation of plants from modern biotechnology

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A.O. No. 8

Question 36

➔created by a multidisciplinary team with members coming from the health and education sectors as well as individuals from the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. ➔Long term goal: to assist the DA and DOH in their efforts to create national policy and implement plans for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity.

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PHILIPPINE BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY ASSOCIATION | PHBBA

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➔Non-government, non-profit association that works to serve the emergent concerns of biological risk management in various professional fields such as in the health, agriculture, and technology sectors throughout the country.

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BIORISK ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (BRAP)

Question 38

➔emphasizes the importance of multi-sectoral engagement and support, with the Center’s programs aligned with the programs of biosafety and biosecurity of various departments in both local and national government and private institutions.

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NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER FOR BIOSAFETY AND | BIOSECURITY