Biosafety Guidelines and Links to Information on the Internet

Many of the biological safety issues are addressed in the links below. In particular, the 4^th edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories addresses biological, chemical, as well as radiological safety concerns in the laboratory. There is also a section for risk assessment regarding pathogens.

(Note: Some of the articles below are available from the publisher only as PDF files and are readable only with the Acrobat reader that is a plug-in for Netscape or Internet explorer.  See your web browser information for more details, or the Adobe Acrobat website.)

• Biosafety Reference List and Resource Guide
  
• Introduction to the Biosafety Guidelines for the Sorting of Unfixed Cells. Cytometry 28: 97-98 (1997) 
  PDF Full Text (Size: 17K);  Abstract only       
• Biosafety Guidelines for the sorting of Unfixed Cells. Cytometry 28: 99-117, (1997)  PDF Full Text (Size: 398K);  
  Abstract only
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens (extensive list of guidance documents and information)
• CDC Office of Health and Safety: Biosafety (another extensive list of reference documents and standards; links to Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 4th Edition in English and Spanish)
• Laser Institute of America