Dynamic day to day responsibilities include reviewing biological protocols describing research activities, analysis on the risk of procedures with microbes, toxins, and biological materials, providing recommendations, preparing the information for the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) review, responses to email .
Providing safety advice.
Ensuring staff compliance with safety policies and procedures by performing regular safety inspections, and documenting and submitting reports of such inspections to the Laboratory Manager for review and action.
Investigating laboratory accidents and documenting accident reports..
Work with the microorganisms can be done on bench tops using standard microbiological techniques.
A good example of a biosafety 1 laboratory is a teaching laboratory used for undergraduate microbiology classes.
Biosafety 2 indicates an area where work is performed using agents that are of moderate hazard to humans and the environment.
This edition of the manual aims to guide sustainable developments in biosafety, including:
