Research Catalog

Title

Laboratory safety : principles and practices / editors, Diane O. Fleming [and others].

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Fleming, Diane O.
• American Society for Microbiology.

Description

xiv, 406 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Microbiological laboratories > Safety measures
• Laboratories > standards
• United States
• Accidents, Occupational > prevention & control

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction / John H. Richardson -- 2. Epidemiology of Laboratory-Associated Infections / Lynn Harding and Daniel F. Liberman -- 3. Transmission and Control of Laboratory-Acquired Hepatitis Infection / Martin S. Favero and Walter W. Bond -- 4. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Other Blood-Borne Pathogens / Debra L. Hunt -- 5. Biosafety Precautions for Airborne Pathogens / Mary J. R. Gilchrist -- 6. Protozoa and Helminths / Barbara L. Herwaldt and Dennis D. Juranek -- 7. Transmission of Bacterial and Rickettsial Zoonoses in the Laboratory / Arnold F. Kaufmann and John M. Boyce -- 8. Transmission and Control of Viral Zoonoses in the Laboratory / William G. Winkler and Donald C. Blenden -- 9. Biological Safety in the Biotechnology Industry / Gerard J. McGarrity and Carol Lax Hoerner -- 10. Toxic and Carcinogenic Chemicals in Biomedical Laboratories / William A. Toscano, Jr. and Susan E. McNulty --
• 11. Primary Barriers and Personal Protective Equipment in Biomedical Laboratories / Ralph W. Kuehne, Mark A. Chatigny, Bruce W. Stainbrook, Robert S. Runkle and David G. Stuart -- 12. Design of Biomedical Laboratory Facilities / Jonathan T. Crane and Jonathan Y. Richmond -- 13. Laboratory Biosafety Practices / Diane O. Fleming -- 14. Decontamination, Sterilization, Disinfection, and Antisepsis / Donald Vesley and James L. Lauer -- 15. Packaging and Shipping Biological Materials / John W. McVicar and Jane Suen -- 16. Chemical Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory / Frank S. Lisella and Scott W. Thomaston -- 17. Laboratory Safety Management and the Assessment of Risk / Joseph R. Songer -- 18. Behavioral Factors in Safety Training / Robyn R. M. Gershon and Barbara G. Zirkin -- 19. Design and Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Programs / Richard L. Ehrenberg and Howard Frumkin -- Epilog: Current and Emerging Trends --
• App. I Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories -- App. II Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens; Final Rule (29 CFR Part 1910.1030) -- App. III Recommendations Concerning Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories (Nonmandatory) -- App. IV Emergency First-Aid Guide.

ISBN

1555810470

LCCN

94021372

OCLC

• 30625191
• ocm30625191

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries