Research Catalog

Title

Biological safety : principles and practices / editors, Diane O. Fleming, Debra L. Hunt.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Fleming, Diane O.
• Hunt, Debra Long.

Description

xviii, 622 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Hazard identification -- 1. Microbial flora of humans and microbial virulence factors / Paul A. Granato -- 2. Indigenous and pathogenic agents of research animals / Diane O. Fleming -- 3. Laboratory, growth chamber, and greenhouse microbial safety : plant pathogens and plant-associated microorganisms of significance to human health / Anne K. Vidaver, Sue A. Tolin and Patricia Lambrecht -- 4. Epidemiology of laboratory-associated infections / A. Lynn Harding and Karen Brandt Byers -- II. Hazard assessment -- 5. Risk assessment of biological hazards / Diane O. Fleming -- 6. Bacterial pathogens / Joseph H. Coggin, Jr. -- 7. Protozoa and helminths / Barbara L. Herwaldt -- 8. Mycotic agents of human disease / Wiley A. Schell -- 9. Viral agents of human disease : biosafety concerns / Jason Paragas and Timothy P. Endy -- 10. Biosafety for microorganisms transmitted primarily by the airborne route / Michael A. Pentella, Pamela A. Kostle, Lucy DesJardin and Mary J. R. Gilchrist -- 11. Cell lines : applications and biosafety / Otto Doblhoff-Dier and Glyn Stacey -- 12. Allergens of animal and biological systems / Wanda Phipatanakul and Robert A. Wood -- 13. Biological toxins : safety and science / Joseph P. Kozlovac and Robert J. Hawley -- III. Hazard control -- 14. Design of biomedical laboratory facilities / Jonathan T. Crane and Jonathan Y. Richmond -- 15. Primary barriers and equipment-associated hazards / Elizabeth A. Gilman Duane and Richard C. Fink -- 16. Primary barriers : biological safety cabinets, fume hoods, and glove boxes / David G. Stuart, David C. Eagleson and Charles W. Quint, Jr. -- 17. Personal respiratory protection / Nicole Vars McCullough -- 18. Standard (universal) precautions for handling human specimens / Debra L. Hunt -- 19. Prudent biosafety practices / Diane O. Fleming -- 20. Decontamination and disinfection / Martin S. Favero and Matthew J. Arduino -- 21. Packing and shipping biological materials / Larry D. Gray and James W. Snyder -- IV. Administrative controls -- 22. Biological safety program management / Louann Crawford Burnett -- 23. Biosafety compliance : a global perspective / Richard Rebar and Halley Moriyama -- 24. Occupational medicine in a biomedical research setting / Deborah E. Wilson and James M. Schmitt -- 25. Measuring biosafety program effectiveness / Janet S. Peterson and Robert J. Hashimoto -- V. Special considerations for biosafety -- 26. Biosafety of prion diseases / Henry Baron and Stanley B. Prusiner -- 27. Safety considerations in the BSL-4 maximum-containment laboratory / David S. Bressler and Robert J. Hawley -- 28. Biosafety and viral gene transfer vectors / Thomas A. Kost, Patrick J. Condreay and Claudia A. Mickelson -- 29. Biosafety in the teaching laboratory / David M. Carlberg and Michael R. Yeaman -- 30. Biosafety in the pharmaceutical industry / Paul J. Meechan, Joseph Gyuris, Brian R. Petuch, Michel M. Chartrain and Wayne K. Herber -- 31. Large-scale production of microorganisms / Mary L. Cipriano -- 32. Special considerations for agriculture pathogen biosafety / Robert A. Heckert and Joseph P. Kozlovac -- 33. Biosafety and biosecurity : regulatory impact / Robert J. Hawley and Theresa D. Duley.

ISBN

1555813399

LCCN

• 2006019406
• 9781555813390

OCLC

• ocm65469435
• SCSB-5277666

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries