Biosafety
Biosafety
Biosafety (/baɪoʊˈseɪfti/) refers to the principles, practices, and strategies aimed at minimizing the risk of exposure to potentially harmful biological agents. These agents can include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms that can cause disease in humans, animals, or plants.
Etymology
The term "biosafety" is derived from the Greek words "bios" meaning "life" and "safety" meaning "the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss".
Related Terms
- Biosecurity: A set of preventive measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases in crops and livestock, quarantined pests, invasive alien species, and living modified organisms.
- Biological hazard: Also known as biohazard, it is a biological substance that poses a threat to the health of living organisms, primarily humans.
- Pathogen: A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
- Containment: In biosafety, containment is the 'safe' handling of biological materials in a controlled environment, to prevent accidental infection of workers, or release into the environment.
- Risk assessment: The identification and assessment of hazards (factors that pose potential harm) to the safety and well-being of people, property, or the environment.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Biosafety
- Wikipedia's article - Biosafety
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