CONTENTS
Acknowledgements = ⅳ
1. Introduction = 1
2. Standard biosafety guidelines = 3
Precautions for laboratory workers = 3
Spill and accidents = 4
Handling and disposal of contaminated material and waste = 5
Health and medical surveillance of employees = 6
3. Supplementary guidelines for serological laboratories = 7
Laboratory facilities and equipment = 7
4. Supplementary guidelines for virus isolation laboratories = 8
Laboratory facilities and equipment = 8
Work precautions = 8
Health and medical surveillance of employees = 9
5. Supplementary guidelines for research and production laboratories = 10
Laboratory facilities and equipment = 10
Work precautions = 11
Aerosol accidents = 11
Health and medical surveillance of employees = 11
6. Guidelines for the handling, transfer, and shipment of specimens = 12
Transport of specimens-general guidelines = 12
Transport of specimens by public conveyance = 12
7. Guidelines for collection of blood samples = 16
Selected Further reading = 17
Annex1. Procedures that carry a risk of potential HIV exposure = 18
Annex 2. Selection and care of gloves = 19
Annex 3. Sterilization and disinfection = 21
Annex 4. Processing reusable needles and syringes = 25
Annex 5. Biological safety cabinets and other containment equipment = 26
