Management and operation of microbiological containment laboratories
Publication Year
2019
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Covers requirements to be met when designing and constructing containment laboratories. Discusses the design process, laboratory location, commissioning and validation, structures and fittings as well as risk assessments and containment and control measures.
Document History
Supersedes 'The management, design and operation of microbiological containment laboratories' (HSE, 2010). Updated March 2019. First published 2018. Issued by the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens.
Publisher Information
Health and Safety Executive
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