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    One use of the concept of biocontainment is related to laboratory biosafety and pertains to microbiology laboratories in which the physical containment...
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  • disease. What follows is a list of select agents that have specific biocontainment requirements according to US federal law. Organisms include those harmful...
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    A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/protection level, is a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed...
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    medical research purposes under various biosafety levels and within biocontainment facilities throughout the world. The former US biological warfare program...
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    release. Currently there are no bacteria classified at this level. Biocontainment – Physical containment of pathogenic organisms or agents in microbiology...
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    USAMRIID and its predecessor unit pioneered unique, state-of-the-art biocontainment facilities which it continues to maintain and upgrade. Investigators...
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    personnel suit – Air-tight industrial protection garment (PPPS) (for use in biocontainment) Respirator – Device worn to protect the user from inhaling contaminants...
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  • GNL may refer to: Galveston National Laboratory, a biocontainment lab in Texas Gangulu language Gender-neutral language GFSN National League, a British...
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    Several different types of BSC exist, differentiated by the degree of biocontainment they provide. BSCs first became commercially available in 1950. The...
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  • has 91 beds. The company operates the largest of only four dedicated biocontainment units in the United States, and is particularly recognized for programs...
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    for biocontainment of GMOs. Synthetic organisms may offer increased hazard control because they can be engineered with "intrinsic" biocontainment methods...
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    Hospital in Atlanta also used renal dialysis in treating patients at their biocontainment unit, but no health care workers became infected. In October 2014 Vickery...
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  • and Lightfoot) Biosafety level or biohazard safety level, a set of biocontainment precautions Blood sugar level Boost Software License, a license popular...
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  • modified organisms (GMOs) also apply to synthetic organisms. "Extrinsic" biocontainment methods used in laboratories include biosafety cabinets and gloveboxes...
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    concepts Agro-terrorism Anthrax hoaxes Psychochemical weapons Bacteria Biocontainment Biological hazard Biological warfare in popular culture Ethnic bioweapon...
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    these complex threats. Biosafety level refers to the stringency of biocontainment precautions deemed necessary by the Centers for Disease Control and...
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    concepts Agro-terrorism Anthrax hoaxes Psychochemical weapons Bacteria Biocontainment Biological hazard Biological warfare in popular culture Ethnic bioweapon...
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    Development Command. The USBWL undertook research and development into biocontainment, decontamination, gaseous sterilization, and agent production and purification...
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  • health issues during pregnancy may also affect infants or fetuses. Biocontainment – Physical containment of pathogenic organisms or agents in microbiology...
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    Diseases awarded Boston University a grant to build one of two National Biocontainment Laboratories. The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories...
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  • technical measures to prevent radioactive incidents or contamination Biocontainment Container (disambiguation) Contentment (disambiguation) Isolation (disambiguation)...
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    Definitive diagnosis is usually made at a reference laboratory with advanced biocontainment capabilities. The findings of laboratory investigation vary somewhat...
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    autoclave cycle. A 2017 study performed by the Johns Hopkins Hospital biocontainment unit tested the ability of pass-through autoclaves to decontaminate...
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  • form that degrades synthetic rubber and plastic. Andromeda escapes the biocontainment room into the lab where Dutton is working. When Andromeda causes all...
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    epidemic emergency. Isolation should not be confused with quarantine or biocontainment. Quarantine is the compulsory separation and confinement, with restriction...
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    NIH-wide committees, including the Trans-Federal Task Force on Optimizing Biocontainment Oversight, the National Security Strategy/Office of Science and Technology...
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    concepts Agro-terrorism Anthrax hoaxes Psychochemical weapons Bacteria Biocontainment Biological hazard Biological warfare in popular culture Ethnic bioweapon...
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  • atrophaeus that originated at Camp Detrick in the 1950s, where many modern biocontainment procedures were developed. B. atrophaeus has historically been known...
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    gene flow, it is not at the moment a consistently reliable tool for biocontainment; due to a certain instability of the cleistogamous trait, some flowers...
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    Hospital West. The campus is notable for containing the first pediatric biocontainment unit in the country. The west campus also has a helipad to transport...
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