Safety in the Virology Laboratory

1 Introduction 2 Historical Perspective–Laboratory-Acquired Infections 3 Components of a Biosafety Program 4 Microbiological Risk Assessment and Infection Control 5 Standard Microbiological Code of Safety Practices 6 Biosafety Laboratories 7 Laboratory Waste 8 Packing and Shipping of Infectious Materials 9 Summary Keywords: safety in virology laboratory; severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); influenza strains (H5N1); azidothymidine (AZT); microbiological risk assessment and infection control; management practice-laboratory personnel, competent in understanding biological hazards in laboratory; pathogenic viruses-assigned to higher hazard groups; risk assessment-identifying source(s) of hazard(s) and quantifying risk of each hazard