Prepare and Protect (eBook)

Sean G. Kaufman, is an author, motivational speaker and CEO of Safer Behaviors in Woodstock, Georgia. He is a behaviorist and specializes in behaviors with and around infectious diseases. Sean has assisted biosafety officers and clinical practitioners in shifting workforce cultures toward safer behaviors and has trained thousands around the globe in laboratory safety, clinical containment and emergency response and preparedness.

Foreword ix

Preface xi

About the Author xv

Chapter 1 Infectious Disease Pioneers 2
Biosafety in the First Person: The Loss of Beth Griffin by Caryl Griffin

Chapter 2 Understanding Containment 8
Biosafety in the First Person: My First Patient by Dottie Cappola-Vojak

Chapter 3 Biological Risk Mitigation 16
Biosafety in the First Person: The Lab Mom by Carrie Anglewicz

Chapter 4 Human Risk Factors 26
Biosafety in the First Person: Malcolm Was My Friend by Joseph Kanabrocki

Chapter 5 Four Primary Controls of Safety 40
Biosafety in the First Person: The Dancer of Biosafety by Jim Welch

Chapter 6 Understanding Human Behavior 64
Biosafety in the First Person: It Could Have Been HIV by Henry Mathews

Chapter 7 The Containment Philosophy 76
Biosafety in the First Person: I'd Do It All Over Again by Lee Alderman

Chapter 8 Plans + Behaviors = Outcomes 90
Biosafety in the First Person: Biosafety Found Me by Anthony (AJ) Troiano

Chapter 9 Intrinsic Safety 102
Biosafety in the First Person: The Bruises of Biosafety by Sarah Ziegler

Chapter 10 Building a One-Safe Culture 122
Biosafety in the First Person: An Incredible Journey by Robert Hawley

Chapter 11 Emergency Preparedness and Response to Biological Risks 142
Biosafety in the First Person: We All Have a Bucket by Tim Trevan

Chapter 12 Standard Operating Behavior 164
Biosafety in the First Person: The Biosafety Profession: An Unexpected Journey by Joe Kozlovac

Chapter 13 Effective Training Strategies 180
Biosafety in the First Person: She Was One of Us! by Karen Byers

Chapter 14 The Beaking Method 192
Biosafety in the First Person: Representing the Profession of Biosafety by Ed Stygar

Chapter 15 Safety Surveillance Programs 204
Biosafety in the First Person: Experience in Years by Mike Pentella

Chapter 16 Responsible Leadership 220
Biosafety in the First Person: The Road Less Traveled into Biosafety by Bob Ellis

Image Credits 237

Index 239

"... encourages the reader to think about and promote biosafety in new ways." Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2021