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REVIEW article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Occupational Health and Safety
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1439051

Enhancing Laboratory Biosafety Management: A Comprehensive Strategy from Theory to Practice

Provisionally accepted
Qin Tang Qin Tang Fei Yan Fei Yan *Lu Yuan Lu Yuan Ying Tang Ying Tang Hui Chen Hui Chen Yuting Sun Yuting Sun Mi Yang Mi Yang Guolin Song Guolin Song
  • 1. department of clinical laboratory， The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China；2. department of clinical laboratory The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, Chengdu Fourth People's Hospital, Chengdu, China

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    Objective: This study examines biosafety management practices in a psychiatric hospital's laboratory in China, focusing on how outdated information technology impacts the hospital's ability to respond to public health emergencies. The goal is to enhance the hospital's emergency response capabilities by updating risk assessments, biosafety manuals, and implementing a comprehensive quality management system alongside a specialized infection control system for significant respiratory diseases. Methods: We utilized an integrated research approach, expanding the scope of risk assessments, updating the biosafety manual according to the latest international standards, and implementing a quality management system. A specialized infection control system for significant respiratory diseases was introduced to improve emergency response capabilities.Results: Updated risk assessments and a new biosafety manual have significantly improved the identification and management of biosafety threats. Implementing new quality management and infection control systems has enhanced response efficiency and operational standardization.Conclusion: The measures taken have strengthened the biosafety management and emergency response capabilities of the laboratory department, highlighting the importance of information technology in biosafety management and recommending similar strategies for other institutions.

    Keywords: laboratory biosafety, Quality system documentation, Risk Assessment, Infection control system, Evaluation system, BSL-2

    Received: 27 May 2024; Accepted: 10 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tang, Yan, Yuan, Tang, Chen, Sun, Yang and Song. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Fei Yan, 1. department of clinical laboratory， The Fourth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China；2. department of clinical laboratory The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, Chengdu Fourth People's Hospital, Chengdu, China

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