The increasing need to work with airborne infectious agents places greater reliance upon
the personnel and environmental protection that biocontainment facilities provide.
Ensuring that these facilities function properly depends on carefully reviewing
post-construction performance and establishing operating protocols that take advantage of
a facility's attributes while recognizing its individual limitations. Our review process
expands on the work done by others and provides a foundation for developing standard
certification procedures for biocontainment facilities.
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