لمخاطر البيولوجية، والمعروفة أيضا باسم بيوهازاردز، تشير إلى المواد البيولوجية التي تشكل خطرا على صحة الكائنات الحية، وبصفة أساسية من البشر. وهذا يمكن أن يشمل النفايات الطبية أو عينات من الكائنات الحية الدقيقة، والفيروسات أو السموم (من مصدر بيولوجي) التي يمكن أن تؤثر على صحة الإنسان. ويمكن أن تشمل أيضا المواد الضارة بالحيوانات الأخرى.
2. "Biorisk management” is the effective management of risks
posed by working with infectious agents and toxins in
laboratories; it includes a range of practices and procedures to
ensure the biosecurity, biosafety, and biocontainment of those
infectious agents and toxins.
What are the key components of biorisk management?
On the safety and security side, the risks associated with
biological materials in the laboratory can be comprehensively
managed through the implementation of three key
components: risk assessment, risk mitigation and
performance systems (4).
3. The biorisk management approach
reducing the risk of unintentional exposure to pathogens
and toxins or their accidental release (biosafety),
and reducing the risk of unauthorized access, loss, theft,
misuse, acceptable levels (laboratory biosecurity)
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16. Description
Type Security
Access restrictions for external intruders to hazardous
materials (e.g. stocks of pathogenic organisms)
Physical Security
Individual reliability checks of employees with access to
hazardous materials to reduce the insider-threat
Personnel Security
Access restrictions on security sensitive information (e.g.
DNA sequence data of pathogens)
Information Security
Special security provisions during transfer of materials on
road, plane or ship often integrated in transport safety
protocols
Transfer Security
Keeping inventories and applying export controls allow
the detection diversion of biosecurity sensitive materials
Material controls
