Procedimentos de biossegurança para as novas instalações do laboratório de experimentação animal (Laean) de Bio-Manguinhos

Animal housing is an extension of the research laboratories. In an immunobiological production unit, they are part of the quality control and the development of new products. Adequate facilities and standardized operational procedures are legal and recommended requirements for the reliability of results. Specifically speaking about the Institute of Technology on Immunobiologicals of Fiocruz (Bio-Manguinhos) Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) must become part of the activities in order to meet governmental agencies regulations. Activities with laboratory animals are special dueto their peculiarities that are found in animal housings only, as for example, animals inherent risks to include those which professionals are exposed: physical like bites, scratches or any other defense actions; biological pertaining to biota, zoonotic or experimental and allergen production; chemical like cleaning products and those related to experimentalworks. In this dissertation, a comparison is made between the current and future facilities of the Laboratory of Animal Experimentation in Bio-Manguinhos (Laean). It describes the characteristics and operational procedures related to biosafety. The objective of this work is to expose order and systematically biosafety procedures for entrance and exit of personnel, materials and animals, sterilization and decontamination of products, input and disposal, disinfection of materials and environments, and those related to handling of animals involved in biological risks.