Containment Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Containment and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Your Response – At Work Recent events, including the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the subsequent bioterrorist releases of anthrax, have been a harsh awakening that the nation’s workplaces could be terrorist targets.Traditionally laboratory safety guidelines have emphasized use of optimal work practices, appropriate containment equipment, well-designed facilities, and administrative controls to minimize risks of unintentional infection or injury for laboratory workers. Today, in addition to the above, laboratories must make a risk and threat assessment, secure data and electronic technology systems, plus develop policies regarding specimen accountability, facility security, and emergency response.The next few pages will cover a number of things that you can do to assist in making your laboratory more risk free to a terrorist attack and some things you can do in case that security is breached. You too have a role in the security of your workplace! | View Page |
| Be Alert and Knowledgeable You should be alert to the causes of fire in your workplace and be knowledgeable about methods of fire prevention and containment. | View Page |
| The condition most likely associated with the peripheral blood picture shown in the photograph is: | View Page |
| Which of the following secondary barriers are recommended for microbiology laboratories that work with Biosafety level 3 agents (e.g., Mycobacterium tuberculosis)? | View Page |
| Biosafety Level 3 Biosafety level 3 practices, safety equipment, and facility design and construction are applicable to microbiology laboratories that work with indigenous or exotic agents with a potential for respiratory transmission, and which may cause serious and potentially lethal infection. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is assigned to this biosafety level. At biosafety level 3, laboratory manipulations should be performed in a Class l or Class ll biosafety cabinet (BSC) or other physical containment device. Secondary barriers include controlled access to the laboratory and ventilation requirements that minimize the release of infectious aerosols from the laboratory. Secondary barriers should include self-closing double-door access and negative airflow into the laboratory. Exhausted air must not be recirculated. | View Page |