Biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) is applicable to clinical, diagnostic, teaching, research, or production facilities where work is performed with agents that may cause serious or potentially lethal disease through inhalation, to the personnel, and may contaminate the environment..
Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3)
BSL-3 laboratories are used to study infectious agents or toxins that may be transmitted through the air and cause potentially lethal infections.
Researchers perform all experiments in a biosafety cabinet.
BSL-3 laboratories are designed to be easily decontaminated..
Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3)
BSL-3 laboratories are used to study infectious agents or toxins that may be transmitted through the air and cause potentially lethal infections.
Researchers perform all experiments in a biosafety cabinet.
BSL-3 laboratories are designed to be easily decontaminated..
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sets BSL lab levels as a way of exhibiting specific controls for the containment of microbes and biological agents.
Each BSL lab level builds upon on the previous level—thereby creating layer upon layer of constraints and barriers..
Biosafety levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 area series of requirements for biosafety labs.
Each level identifies the level of protective measures required by a particular lab, with BSL-1 being the lowest level of biosafety and BSL-4 being the highest.
By way of comparison, a research laboratory that specializes in handling potentially deadly infectious agents, such as:
