About this Research Topic
The field of biosafety emerged in parallel with the advent of Microbiology in 1800s. However, it gained significant importance during the biological weapons development in the 1940s and convention in 1970s; the time when Arnold G. Wedum started publishing articles on biosafety practices, risk assessments and applied biosafety, which significantly reduced the no. of Laboratory Acquired infections (LAIs).
The terms biosafety and biosecurity go hand in hand but can often be confusing. Therefore, a framework approach has been coined of late as Biorisk Management (BRM) that encompasses both terminologies. Biorisk Management is a management system approach which enables an organization to identify, assess, mitigate, evaluate, and communicate the biosafety and biosecurity risks inherent in its activities.
The vitality of Biorisk Management is gaining importance drastically during the recent pandemic with a promise of mitigating Laboratory Acquired Infections via advanced biocontainment strategies/methods/tools, decontamination processes, personal protective equipment utilities and application, risk assessment tools, facility design, and or other multi-factorial approaches.
WHO, CDC-NIH, ISO are endorsing the BRM framework and risk assessment approach. Laboratory Acquired Infections are the major area of concern which is still under reported and neglected in the domain of Public Health. However, increased antimicrobial resistance and transmissibility of emerging infectious diseases has made this a more prominent area of Public Health concern.
Research in the domain of Biorisk Management will add new arsenal in the repertoire of Public health to assess Laboratory Acquired Infections and improve Public Health. The aim of the current Research Topic is to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends in the domain of Biorisk Management, Laboratory Acquired Infections, Biosafety and Biosecurity. Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
1. Development of biocontainment tools, equipment, materials, methods, protocols etc.
2. Biorisk Assessment, mitigation, evaluation, and communication
3. Facility Design: Design, construction, commissioning of laboratories
4. Decontamination of facilities, equipment, and materials
5. Biorepository Management: for infectious materials and pathogens
6. Biosafety, biosecurity and BRM framework in public health
7. Applied biosafety, biosecurity, infection control and clinical containment.
8. Laboratory acquired infections and Public Health
9. Incident and LAIs reporting and command system
10. PPEs development, utilities, applications, safe practices
11. Biosafety and biosecurity awareness
The terms biosafety and biosecurity go hand in hand but can often be confusing. Therefore, a framework approach has been coined of late as Biorisk Management (BRM) that encompasses both terminologies. Biorisk Management is a management system approach which enables an organization to identify, assess, mitigate, evaluate, and communicate the biosafety and biosecurity risks inherent in its activities.
The vitality of Biorisk Management is gaining importance drastically during the recent pandemic with a promise of mitigating Laboratory Acquired Infections via advanced biocontainment strategies/methods/tools, decontamination processes, personal protective equipment utilities and application, risk assessment tools, facility design, and or other multi-factorial approaches.
WHO, CDC-NIH, ISO are endorsing the BRM framework and risk assessment approach. Laboratory Acquired Infections are the major area of concern which is still under reported and neglected in the domain of Public Health. However, increased antimicrobial resistance and transmissibility of emerging infectious diseases has made this a more prominent area of Public Health concern.
Research in the domain of Biorisk Management will add new arsenal in the repertoire of Public health to assess Laboratory Acquired Infections and improve Public Health. The aim of the current Research Topic is to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends in the domain of Biorisk Management, Laboratory Acquired Infections, Biosafety and Biosecurity. Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
1. Development of biocontainment tools, equipment, materials, methods, protocols etc.
2. Biorisk Assessment, mitigation, evaluation, and communication
3. Facility Design: Design, construction, commissioning of laboratories
4. Decontamination of facilities, equipment, and materials
5. Biorepository Management: for infectious materials and pathogens
6. Biosafety, biosecurity and BRM framework in public health
7. Applied biosafety, biosecurity, infection control and clinical containment.
8. Laboratory acquired infections and Public Health
9. Incident and LAIs reporting and command system
10. PPEs development, utilities, applications, safe practices
11. Biosafety and biosecurity awareness
Keywords: biorisk management, laboratory infections, biosecurity, PPE
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