Basic laboratory design for biosafety levels 1 and 2 containment facilities are described in the cdc nih publication biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories bmbl and in the nih guidelines for research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules nih guidelines.
Floor plan biosafety level 2 laboratory design.
Chemical laboratories in section ii through vii with additional requirements for radioactive materials laboratories and biosafety level 2 laboratories presented in sections viii and ix respectively.
The guide is formatted to address laboratory design issues pertinent to general laboratories e g.
Immunocompromised immunosuppressed and other persons with increased risk for infection may be denied admittance at the discretion of the laboratory director.
Bsl 2 labs must also provide the next level of barriers i e specialty safety equipment and facilities.
Negative pressure is required if adjacent area is a lower biosafety level or non laboratory space.
Specifically it describes the procedures to be used to insure a safe working environment while working with regulated recombinant dna systems infectious microorganisms or human cell cultures and human body fluids.
Of biosafety level 1 2 bl1 2 contaminants handled in the laboratory address of principal investigator.
Access to the lab is more controlled than for bsl 1 facilities.
Over the past 30 years architects engineers facility managers and researchers have refined the design of typical wet and dry labs to a very high level.
Biosafety level 2 supplement in the lab safety plan is complete.
Equipment is decontaminated prior to repair maintenance or removal from the laboratory.
An extensive period of pre planning is vital to the design of a lab.
14 biosafety laboratory 196 14 1 description 196 14 2 laboratory layout 202 14 3 heating ventilating and air conditioning 212 14 4 loss prevention industrial hygiene and personal safety 213 14 5 special requirements 213 15 clinical laboratories 216 15 1 description 216 15 2 laboratory layout 218.
Ansi aiha z9 5 2002 laboratory ventilation august 29 2002 chapter 5 laboratory ventilation system design.
Workshopping with those who will be using the area themselves is essential since the lab can be tailored to what the research requires and superfluous elements can be quickly identified.
Ucsd institutional biosafety committee.
Single pass air is required.
As such a separate wbdg resource page on trends in lab design has been developed to elaborate on this emerging model of laboratory design.
The guide is formatted to address laboratory design issues pertinent to general laboratories e g chemical laboratories in section 1 with additional requirements for radioactive materials laboratories and biosafety level 2 laboratories presented in sections 2 and 3 respectively.
