- Journal of Immunology and Clinical Microbiology
- Vol: 4 Issue: 4
- Biosafety principles in parasitology laboratories
Biosafety principles in parasitology laboratories
Authors : Abdüssamed AKŞİT, Emrah ERDOĞAN, Serkan KARACA, Bora ÖZKAN, Ahmet GÜRGEL, Merve YÜRÜK, Eda SİVCAN, Bekir TARTICI, Yunus UYAR
Pages : 117-151
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Publication Date : 2019-12-31
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Laboratories are designed for three main objectives; education, diagnosis and research. The concept of biosafety has begun to be prioritized due to the need to protect the personnel working in laboratories for education, routine diagnosis and research purposes, as well as people outside the laboratory and laboratory materials. Since 1990s the concept of biosafety has started to be developed for laboratories and biosafety guidelines have began to be published by various universities and institutions. Precautions that are related to biosafety and standards are determined based on the risk assessment of microorganisms to be studied in the laboratory. According to these risk assessments, microorganisms have been classified into four risk groups and, four kinds of laboratory biosafety levels have been determined. In these laboratory biosafety levels, as well as standard microbiological applications, specific applications and precautions are taken that are mentioned as primary and secondary property barriers. Animal care units, arthropods production and care centers are also classified as laboratories. The term of biosafety includes topics such as proper collection of waste generated in the laboratory, transportation and disposal of chemical and radioactive substances. The topics mentioned in this review are dealt based on parasitology laboratories. Key words: Biosafety, Microbiology, ParasitologyKeywords : Biosafety, Microbiology, Parasitology