Has a Facilities & Safety Assessment been performed? Is access into the BSL III laboratory controlled to prevent unauthorized access? Is the negative pressure system included in the preventive maintenance program of the laboratory? Is the negative pressure system connected to a backup electricity supply to ensure that it keeps functioning during a power failure? Is the pressure of the biosafety level III regularly monitored and recorded? Is the biosafety level III laboratory equipped with a negative pressure system? Is there a dedicated area for breaks/lunches? Is office space separated from laboratory rooms? Is the sample processing room separated from the room where PCR is performed?Īre laboratory rooms where incompatible procedures are being undertaken separated from each other?Īre rooms for cleaning of laboratory glassware and tools separated from the laboratory rooms?Īre the rooms designed and furnished in a logical way enabling a unidirectional workflow and preventing unnecessary movements of people through the rooms? Has the Risk Group for each laboratory room been determined?Īre primary sample collection facilities separated from the laboratory rooms? Have the Personal Job Descrptions of the first aid providers been adapted to reflect the authorizations of their position as first aid provider? Is the laboratory staff aware of who the first aid providers are? Is the training of the first aid providers up-to-date?ĭoes the Biosafety Manual contain an explanation of the tasks and responsibilities of first aid providers? In laboratories where the presence of first aid providers is necessary: have enough staff members been appointed as first aid provider such that continuous presence of at least one first aid provider is ensured? Is access to first aid secured at the laboratory? Is access to the laboratory facility controlled against unauthorized persons?Ĭan the access control system, protecting the laboratory from unauthorized access, be overridden in case of an emergency such as fire? Is there a written procedure on how to act in case of a suspected laboratory associated infection/laboratory accident whereby a staff-member has potentially become infected? Have the staff adequately been instructed on the symptoms of infection with pathogens worked with in the laboratory?
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