LABORATORY ACQUIRED (0750640235)

Laboratory-acquired infections; how laboratory infections are acquired; classification of micro-organisms on the basis of hazard and laboratories on the basis of use; minimising equipment and technique-related hazards; microbiological safety cabinets; collection, transport and receipt of infectious materials; decontamination; the laboratory worker; instruction in microbiological safety; the safe working environment; risk assessment, safety supervision and emergency contingency plans; precautions against laboratory-acquired hepatitis and AIDS; precautions against laboratory-acquired typhoid fever and tuberculosis; precautions with unconventional agents; precautions with parasites in Group 3; precautions for work with mammalian call and tissue culture; precautions against infections in the post-mortem room; Appendices: Legal obligation applicable to microbiology in the UK; safety in biotechnology; hazard warning notices and "safety" labels.