Chapter 6: Basic Concepts on Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Flashcards
The containment PRINCIPLES, TECHNOLOGY, and PRACTICES that are implemented to prevent unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins, or their accidental release.
protects people from germs
Biosafety
The PROTECTION, CONTROL, and ACCOUNTABILITY of valuable biological materials within laboratories, in order to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion, or intentional release.
protects germs from people
Biosecurity
The origins of biosafety are rooted in the US BIOLOGICAL WEAPON PROGRAM which began in 1943, as ordered by the?
US President Franklin Roosevelt
It became the FIRST SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR of
Camp Detrick.
Ira L. Baldwin
He DESIGN MODIFICATION FOR BIOSAFETY
at Camp Detrick.
Newell A. Johnson
In what year do consequent meetings eventually lead to the formation of the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)?
1984
He described the USE OF MECHANICAL PIPETTORS to prevent laboratory-acquired infections in 1907 and 1908.
Arnold Wedum
In what year has PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY in PENNSYLVANIA developed a ventilated cabinet to prevent infection from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
1909
In what year does the CDC publish the CLASSIFICATION OF ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS on the Basis of Hazard?
1974
In what year does the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States publish the NIH GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules?
1978
In what year does the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States publish the NIH GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules?
1978
These Guidelines along with WHO’s FIRST EDITION OF?
Laboratory Biosafety Manual (1983)
The NIH’s jointly published the FIRST EDITION OF?
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (1984)
In what year does the US government enact the SELECT AGENT REGULATIONS to monitor the transfer of a select list of biological agents from one facility to another?
1996
In what year after the terrorist attacks and ANTHRAX ATTACK (aka. Amerithrax), they revised Select Agents Regulation?
2001
In what year is the REVISION of the SELECT AGENT REGULATION?
2012
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS ACT
Singapore, 2005
ACT ON PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
South Korea, 2005
INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL
Japan
What year does WHO published 3rd edition of the LABORATORY BIOSAFETY MANUAL?
1983
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB), made effective in?
2003
The office of the president promulgated E.O. 514 ESTABLISHING National Biosafety Framework (NBF), on what date?
March 27, 2006
It promotes biosafety as a SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE and provides GUIDANCE to its members on the regulatory regimen present in North America.
American Biological Safety Association (ABSA),
founded in 1984.
Acts as a PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY FOR BIOSAFETY professionals in the Asia-Pacific region.
Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association (A-PBA), was founded in 2005.
