PPT-INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY

IKPO PRECIOUS ETINOSA PhD AMLSCN ADMLSHEAD MEDICAL LABORATORY UNIT FNPH BENIN A PAPER DELIVERED AT 2022 SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL LABORATORY UNIT FEDERAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL BENIN. These events including the anthrax attacks on US citizens in October 2001 and the subsequent expansion of the United States Select Agent regulations in December 2003 have led scientists laboratory managers security specialists ELRVDIHW57347SURIHVVLR Overview. Biosecurity. Series of management practices. Prevent introduction. Keep disease agents out of animal populations where they are not present. Prevent further spread . From infected to uninfected groups. Series of . management practices. Bioexclusion. Preventing the . introduction . onto . non-infected premises. Biocontainment. Preventing the spread . from an infected premises. By . animals, personnel, . PReP. /NAHEMS . Guidelines: Biosecurity (2016). Basic biosecurity concepts. Routes of exposure. Steps to develop a biosecurity plan. Three levels of biosecurity . Practical application of operational measures in bioexclusion and biocontainment. Adapted from the FAD . PReP. /NAHEMS . Guidelines: Biosecurity (2013). Reduce risk of disease spread. During movement of personnel, equipment, and materials. During routine animal care. During animal emergency . Adapted from the FAD PReP/NAHEMS . Guidelines: Biosecurity (2016). Describes operational biosecurity. Presents considerations to develop an effective biosecurity plan. Provides examples of operational measures. Adapted from the FAD PReP/NAHEMS . Guidelines: Biosecurity (2016). Importance of biosecurity. Routes of exposure to disease. Steps in developing a biosecurity plan. Introduction to 3 levels of biosecurity. Ingegerd . Kallings. Swedish . Institute. for . Communicable. . Disease. . Control. Stockholm, Sweden. Anticipating . Biosecurity. Challenges of the Global Expansion of High Containment Biological Laboratories . Adapted from the FAD . PReP. /NAHEMS . Guidelines: Biosecurity (2013). Reduce risk of disease spread. During movement of personnel, equipment, and materials. During routine animal care. During animal emergency . Adapted from the FAD . PReP. /NAHEMS . Guidelines: Biosecurity (2013). Reduce risk of disease spread. During movement of personnel, equipment, and materials. During routine animal care. During animal emergency . Willy . Tonui. , PhD. Founder Member and President, African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA). Discussion Format. Status of Biosafety and Biosecurity in Africa. Laboratory Capacity in Africa. Common Challenges among laboratories. Face Protective eyewear shall be worn for conduct of procedures in which splashes of microorganisms or other hazardous materials are possible. Hands Gloves must be worn when working with BSL1 materia . in the lab. Dr. . Muthana. A. Al-. Shemeri. Muthanad@yahoo.com. CBRN Risks. Bio-threats in the 21st century. Governmental biological weapons programs. Non-state actors: bioterrorism. Naturally-occurring, emerging and . biorisk. . policy and implementation: . perspectives . from the African continent. Dr. Louise Bezuidenhout. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Outline. Research in Africa. Biosafety and biosecurity regulation and oversight.