MANUAL 1: PART 1: Risk group Flashcards
It is an act or phenomenon that has the potential to produce harm of other undesirable consequences to some person or thing.
Hazard
It is a probability of being realized to each level of harm.
Risk
______________ are in place to contain potentially hazardous microorganism through combination of lab facilities, PPE, and protocols.
Biosafety guidelines
What do you call the classification of microorganism according to their relative pathogenicity.
Risk group
What risk group level are:
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus licheniformis
Escherichia coli
RG 1
A risk group level that has no or low individual and community risk. A microorganism that is unlikely to cause human or animal disease.
RG 1
What risk group level are:
Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Salmonella spp.
RG 2
A risk group level that has moderate individual risk and low community risk. A pathogen that can cause human or animal disease but is unlikely to be a serious hazard to community.
RG 2
A risk group level that has high individual risk, and low community risk. A pathogen that can cause serious human or animal disease but cannot ordinarily spread to one another.
RG 3
What risk level are:
Myocardium tuberculosis
Brucella abortus
Pasteurella multocida
RG 3
A risk group level that has both high risk for individual and community. A pathogen can cause serious human or animal disease and readily transmitted from one individual to another.
RG 4
What risk level are:
Ebola viruses
Marburg viruses
Smallpox
RG 4
