5th edition of NIH-CDC biosafety manual now available

5^th edition of NIH-CDC biosafety manual now available

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have revised the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) manual. It is now available at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl5/bmbl5toc.htm. From a biosafety perspective, the latest revision of the BMBL 5th edition remains an advisory document, proposing practices for the safe conduct of work in both biomedical and clinical laboratories.

In the latest revision of the BMBL, chapters were added; the principle and practices of biosafety and risk assessment chapters were expanded; agent and summary statements were revised; and efforts were made to synchronize suggestions with supervision issued and regulations propagated by other federal agencies. The following topics were added:

Occupational medicine and immunization
Decontamination and sterilization
Laboratory biosecurity and risk assessment
Biosafety Level 3 (Ag) laboratories
Agent summary statements for some agricultural pathogens
Biological toxins

For a detailed copy of the revised BMBL manual please go to the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl5/bmbl5toc.htm.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health News Release, February 2007