What are BSL-1 agents?
BSL-1 risk group contains biological agents that pose low risk to personnel and the environment. These agents are highly unlikely to cause disease in healthy laboratory workers, animals or plants. The agents require Biosafety Level 1 containment.
What is a BSL-3 agent?
Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) agents are those requiring containment of airborne bacteria, viruses, or toxins, therefore the design and administration of the BSL3 Biocontainment Facility follows strict federal regulations with local oversight provided by the NCSU Institutional Biosafety Committee.
What are BSL-4 agents?
BSL-4 category is specifically used for handling of Dangerous/exotic agents which pose high risk of life- threatening disease, aerosol- transmitted lab infections, or related agents with unknown risk of transmission.
What is BSL-3 production facility?
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.
What are the major differences between BSL-1 and BSL-2?
The main difference in the work procedures followed in a BSL-1 laboratory and a BSL-2 laboratory is that employees in a BSL-2 laboratory will use a BSC as a primary barrier for potentially hazardous aerosols.
What is the difference between BSL-1 and BSL 2?
BSL-1: As the lowest-risk of the four Biosafety Level 1 is suitable for work with the presence of low-risk microbes and agents. These will carry little or no threat of infection to healthy adults. BSL-2: This level covers laboratories that work with moderately hazardous agents and organisms that cause mild disease.
What is a BSL-1 lab?
BSL-1. If you work in a lab that is designated a BSL-1, the microbes there are not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adults and present minimal potential hazard to laboratorians and the environment. An example of a microbe that is typically worked with at a BSL-1 is a nonpathogenic strain of E. coli.