{"product_id":"working-in-biosafety-level-3-and-4-laboratories-a-practical-introduction-9783527334674","title":"Working in Biosafety Level 3 and 4 Laboratories: A Practical Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first training manual for new staff working in BSL3\/4 labs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis guide is based on a course developed in 2007 by the EU COST action group 28b which serves as a standard for many courses BSL3\/4 training courses worldwide. The four-day course consists of lectures and practical training with the lecturers covering all the different possibilities of organising a BSL-3\/4 lab including the adaptation to the local requirements of biosafety, safety at work, and social regulations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book covers bio-containment, hazard criteria and categorisation of microbes, technical specifications of BSL-3 laboratories and ABSL-3 laboratories, personal protective gear, shipping BSL-3 and BSL-4 organisms according to UN and IATA regulations, efficacy of inactivation procedures, fumigation, learning from a history of lab accidents, handling samples that arrive for diagnostic testing and bridging the gap between the requirements of bio-containment and diagnostics. Course participants can not only use the book for their actual training event but it will remain a useful reference throughout their career in BSL3\/4 labs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgement\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction (Manfred Weidmann)\u003cbr\u003e Laboratory Biosafety in Containment Laboratories (Annette A Kraus and Ali Mirazimi)\u003cbr\u003e Hazard criteria and categegoisation of microbes: Classification systems (Nigel J. Silman)\u003cbr\u003e Technical and practical aspects of BSL-3 laboratories (Frank T. Hufert and Manfred Weidmann)\u003cbr\u003e Animal biosafety level 3 facility - enhancements when dealing with large animals (Abad F.X., Solanes D., Domingo M.)\u003cbr\u003e Personal Protective Equipment (Nigel J Silman)\u003cbr\u003e Shipping of infectious substances according IATA DGR regulations (Mandy Elschner and Martin Heller)\u003cbr\u003e Disinfection and decontamination (Patrick Butaye)\u003cbr\u003e Fumigation of Spaces (Nigel J. Silman)\u003cbr\u003e Learning from a history of laboratory accidents (Manfred Weidmann)\u003cbr\u003e Bridging the gap between requirements of bio-containment and diagnostics (Manfred Weidmann, Frank T.Hufert, Nigel Silman)\u003cbr\u003e Risk Assessment Procedures (Asa Szekely Bjorndal)\u003cbr\u003e Biosecurity (Juergen Mertsching)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53196947587415,"sku":"9783527334674","price":87.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/working-in-biosafety-level-3-and-4-laboratories-a-practical-introduction-9783527334674","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}