Biosafety
Biosafety means to reduce or
eliminate the exposure of laboratory workers to outside environment to
potentially hazardous and infectious materials/agents/ toxins.
Biosafety is the strict adherence
to standard lab practices and techniques, know-how and training, laboratory
safety equipments and safety design for worker protection and infectious
materials/agents/toxins.
Biosafety Vs Biosecurity
Biosafety:
1) The
term Biosafety refers to routines and techniques required to prevent unintentional
exposure or contaminations of contagious or toxic biological materials.
2) The
containment principles, practices and technologies that are implemented to
prevent the accidentals exposure to pathogens, toxins or their accidental
release.
3) The
protection of people and environment from exposure to contagious biological
material generated in lab.
4) Poor
biosafety could lead to the laboratory infections or a contamination of the
environment.
5) Biosafety
aims to protect the environment and workplace.
Biosecurity
1) The
term Biosecurity refers to the routines and techniques to prevent the intentional
exposure or contaminations of contagious or toxic biological materials.
2) The
systematic use of appropriate biosafety principles and practices reduces the risk
of accidental exposure and paves the way for reducing the risks of valuable
biological material loss, theft or misuse caused by the poor management or poor
accountability and protection.
3) Control
of accidental and deliberate release of biohazardous material.
4) Poor
biosecurity may lead to theft/break-ins abuse and intentional exposure.
5) Biosecurity
aims to minimize the risk of theft, loss, intentional exposures and releases of
pathogens or toxins.
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