21st Century Complete Guide to Biosafety and Biosecurity

This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM contains the finest collection of official federal documents available anywhere on the subject of biosafety and biosecurity. The objective of biosafety is to reduce or eliminate accidental exposure to or release of potentially hazardous agents by implementing laboratory containment systems. The objective of biosecurity is to protect high-consequence microbial agents and toxins, and critical related information, against theft or diversion by those who intend to pursue bioterrorism or biological weapons proliferation. Biosecurity combines policies, procedures, and technologies to address pathogen and toxin protection during handling, research, storage, and transport. Biosecurity can provide a level of protection without unduly hindering the research provided that the system's objectives are clearly articulated and reflect an understanding of biological material and research as well as probabilities and consequences of biological weapons use. Specifically, these objectives should include a clear rationale for what material deserves protection and what level of protection is appropriate. Using this approach, policy makers, scientists, and security engineers can strike an appropriate balance between protection of biological material and preservation of an environment that promotes legitimate microbiological research.

There is material from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Army, and much more.

Some of the topics covered include:

* Biosecurity - The Protection of High Consequence Pathogens and Toxins
* CDC / NIH Biosafety Laboratory Manual: Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 4th edition
* AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Bioterrorism Planning and Response
* Army Medical Research USAMRMC
* Army USAMRIID (Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick Maryland) Bioterrorism Material
* U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM) Documents and Guidelines
* CDC Biodefense Agents; CDC Bioterrorism - Comprehensive Material; CDC Laboratory Issues In Bioterrorism; CDC Planning; CDC Surveillance; CDC Training In Bioterrorism
* Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (CBIAC)
* FDA Bioterrorism
* NIH Biodefense
* NLM Biowarfare Links
* Bioshield Project
* Defense Against Toxins
* Medical Management of Biological Casualties manual

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Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading.