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Biohazard Containment Biosafety Standards and Policies
The Biohazard Containment and Safety (BCS) Unit is responsible for the development and
publication of Containment Standards
for Veterinary Facilities. This document outlines the minimum design, physical
and operational requirements for Canadian laboratories and animal facilities that import
and work with animal or zoonotic pathogens (including most pathogens of foodborne
diseases). Laboratories who apply to import animal or zoonotic pathogens must demonstrate
that they meet these requirements before the BCS Unit can issue an import permit. The
document also provides detailed criteria for the verification of critical containment
components. The first edition, published in 1996, has become recognized nationally and
internationally as a model standard for facilities working with strictly animal pathogens
or with large animal containment.
The following checklists are intended to assist containment level 3 laboratories,
animal facilities and post mortem rooms in determining their compliance with the Containment
Standards for Veterinary Facilities and can be in conjunction with the Containment
Standards for Veterinary Facilities.
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