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In addition to implementing standard microbiological procedures and practices, management of the biohazards associated with working with pathogens includes physical barriers and administrative con trols. Physical barriers include primary safety…
Biosafety levels (BSLs) are numerical designations assigned to microbiological and biomedical laboratories based upon the pathogenicity, virulence, transmissibility, treatability, preventability, and occupational…
The biological safety cabinet (BSC) is the most important primary containment device in the clinical microbiology laboratory, and class II cabinets are the most commonly used types of BSC in this environment…
OSHA standards for exposure to blood‐borne pathogens require the laboratory to provide PPE for its employees…
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