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BELGIAN BIOSAFETY SERVER
Biosafety Recommendations for the Contained Use of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in Industrialised Countries
Author: P. Herman , M. Fauville-Dufaux , D. Breyer , B. Van Vaerenbergh , K. Pauwels , C. D. Do thi , M. Sneyers , M. Wanlin , R. Snacken , W. Moens (Last revised:
September 12, 2005 )
Table 3: Biosafety level 2 - laboratory Facilities: Design Features and Technical Characteristics.
- The laboratory is physically separated from other activity areas in the same building.
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- The access doors into the laboratory are lockable when the corridor or the area does not have restricted access.
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- The access doors into the laboratory are provided with an automatic closing system when they directly give access to a public area.
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- Furniture is designed to facilitate room cleaning as well as a control program for rodents and insects.
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- The laboratory has a sink for handwashing and decontamination.
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- The personnel have access to a change room for protective clothing. Protective and street clothing cannot be in contact.
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- Bench tops are easy to clean, impervious to water and resistant to acids, alkalis, organic solvents, and disinfectants and chemicals normally used in the laboratory for decontamination.
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