Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE K.1
Comparison of Good Large-Scale Practice (GLSP) and Biosafety Level (BL)—
Larg
e-Scale (LS) Practice
CRITERION [See Appendix
K-VI-B, Footnotes of Appendix K]
GLSP
BL1-LS
BL2-LS
BL3-LS
1.
Formulate and implement
institutional codes of practice
for safety of personnel and
adequate control of hygiene
and safety measures.
K-II-A
G-I
2.
Provide adequate written
instructions and training of
personnel to keep workplace
clean and tidy and to keep
exposure to biological,
chemical, or physical agents
at a level that does not
adversely affect health and
safety of employees.
K-II-B
G-I
3.
Provide changing and
hand-washing facilities as
well as protective clothing,
appropriate to the risk, to be
worn during work.
K-II-C
G-II-A-1-h
G-II-B-2-f
G-II-C-2-i
4.
Prohibit eating, drinking,
smoking, mouth pipetting,
and applying cosmetics in
the work place.
K-II-C
G-II-A-1-d
G-II-A-1-e
G-II-B-
1-d
G-II-B-
1-e
G-II-C-1-c
G-II-C-1-d
5.
Internal accident reporting.
K-II-G
K-III-A
K-IV-A
K-V-A
6.
Medical surveillance.
NR
NR
7.
Viable organisms should be
handled in a system that
physically separates the
process from the external
environment (closed system
or other primary
containment).
NR
K-III-B
K-IV-B
K-V-B
8.
Culture fluids not removed
from a system until
organisms are inactivated.
NR
K-III-C
K-IV-C
K-V-C
9.
Inactivation of waste solutions
and materials with respect to
their biohazard potential.
K-II-E
K-III-C
K-IV-C
K-V-C
Continued
