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The Biohazard Containment and Safety (BCS) Unit works with Agency scientists and technical experts to establish the biocontainment levels, procedures and protocols that are needed to work safely with animal and zoonotic pathogens, chemical hazards, and plant pests of quarantine significance, and to protect laboratory staff, the Canadian public, and the environment. The BCS Unit also coordinates the Laboratories Directorate's safety programs and provides guidance and support to the Agency's occupational health and medical surveillance programs.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
We are providing you with the following biosafety advisory regarding the laboratory manipulation of the West Nile (WN) virus and handling of potentially infectious clinical specimens.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
General and handling information for ebola virus.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
The Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health is the first facility in the world to accommodate both human and animal health facilities at the highest level of biocontainment under one roof.
Source: Health Canada
A bibliography of recently published literature relating to biosafety issues, published every three months
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Since publication of the 2nd edition in 1996, adherence to the Guidelines has become mandatory for many laboratories handling human pathogens in Canada. This 3rd edition has been updated to reflect current biosafety and biocontainment principles and practices. The document has been written with a performance-based approach, which not only accommodates contemporary state-of-the-art technologies and ever-changing approaches to achieving containment but provides simple and sensible solutions as well.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
As a WHO collaborating centre, the Office of Biosafety provides guidelines and safety programs for microbiology laboratories worldwide including consultive services in biocontainment technology and biosafety, biosafety training, the dissemination of information, the provision of a biosafety resource centre, surveillance and applied biosafety research programs.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
General and handling information for yellow fever virus.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
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