A History of the American Biological Safety Association. Part III: Safety Conferences 1978–1987

Barbeito M.S. & Kruse R.H. 1997. A history of the American Biological Safety Association Part I: The first ten biological safety conferences 1955–1965. J. Am. Biol. Saf. Assoc., 2(3):7–19.

Kruse R.H. & Barbeito M.S. 1997. A history of the American Biological Safety Association Part II: Safety conferences 1966–1977. J. Am. Biol. Saf. Assoc., 2(4):10–25.

National Sanitation Foundation. 1976. Class II (laminar flow) biohazard cabinetry. National Sanitation Foundation standard no. 49. National Sanitation Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI.

Wedum A.G. 1953. Bacteriological safety. Am. J. Public Health, 43:1428–1437.

TABLE 1 Selected Publications by Participants at the Ten Biological Safety Conferences 1978–1987.

Allner K. 1980. Laboratory and equipment design for containment of biohazards, p. 467–485. In Clooney C.L. & Humphrey A. (ed.), Comprehensive biotechnology. Pergamon Press, Oxford.

Barbeito M.S. 1979. Special design features for maintenance requirements of a biomedical facility, p. 177–193. In Fox D.G. (ed.), Design of biomedical research facilities;. proceedings of a cancer research symposium 1979 October 18–19, Frederick Cancer Research Center, Frederick, MD. NIH publ. no. 81–2305. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

British Standards Institution. 1979. Specifications for microbiological safety cabinets, Brit. Std. 5726. British Standards Institution, London.

Centers for Disease Control. 1987. Recommendations for prevention of HIV transmission in health care settings. Morbid. Mortal. Weekly Rep. 36(Suppl. S-6):1–48.

Conner T.H. , Theiss J.C. , Anderson R.W. , Puckett W.H. Jr. & Matney T.S. 1986. Re-evaluation of urine mutagenicity of pharmacy personnel exposed to antineoplastics. Am. J. Hosp. Pharm., 43:136–1239.

Favero M.S. , Petersen N.J. & Bond W.W. 1986. Transmission and control of laboratory-acquired infection, p. 49–58. In Miller B.M. , Groschel D.H.M. , Richardson J.H. , Vesley D. , Songer J.R. & Housewright R.D. & Barkley W.E. (ed.), Laboratory safety; principles and practices. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC.

Federal Register. 1980. Interstate shipment of etiologic agents. Fed. Regist., 45:48626–48627.

Gibbs C.J. Jr. & Gajdusek D.C. 1978. Atypical viruses as the cause of sporadic epidemic, and familial chronic disease in man; slow viruses and human diseases, p. 161–198. In Perspectives in virology, Vol. 10. Raven Press, NY.

Harvard University School of Public Health. 1987. Testing class II laminar airflow cabinets (course). Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. 1981. Evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans: some antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agents. IARC Monogr., 26:37–384.

Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. 1980. Control of biohazards in research laboratories (course). Sponsored by Division of Safety, National Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. 1984. Accreditation manual for hospitals, 1985. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Chicago.

Kent P.T. & Kubica G.P. 1985. Public health mycobacteriology: a guide for the level III laboratory. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publ. no. (CDC) 85–3439. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Kirchheimer W.F. 1972. Animal models for research in leprosy. J. Med. Assoc. Thailand, 55:605–609.

Lauer J.L. , Battles D.R. & Vesley D. 1982. Decontaminating infectious laboratory waste by autoclaving. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 44:690–694.

Lauer J.L. , Van Drunen N.A. , Washburn J.W. , Balfour H.H. Jr. 1979. Transmission of hepatitis B in the clinical laboratory areas. J. Infect. Dis., 140:513–516.

Macher J.M. & First M.W. 1984. Effects of airflow rates and operator activity on containment of bacterial aerosols in a class II safety cabinet. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 48:481–485.

Miller B.M. , Groschel D.H.M. , Richardson J.H. , Vesley D. , Songer J.R. , Housewright R.D. & Barkley W.E. 1986. Laboratory safety: principles and practices. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC.

Miller C.D. , Songer J.R. & Sullivan J.F. 1987. A twenty-five year review of laboratory-acquired human infection at the National Animal Disease Center, Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J., 48:271–275.

Rake B.W. 1978. Influence of cross drafts on the performance of a biological safety cabinet. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 36:278–283.

Rake B.W. 1979. Microbiological evaluation of a biological safety cabinet modified for bedding disposal. Lab. Anim. Sci., 29:625–632.

Rutala W.A. , Stiegel M.M. , Sarubbi F.A. Jr. 1982. Decontamination of laboratory microbiological waste by steam sterilization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 43:1311–1316.

Shope R.E. 1980. Arboviruses, p. 869–874. In Lennette E.H. , Balows A. , Hausler W.J. Jr. & Truant J.P. (ed), Manual of clinical microbiology, 3rd ed. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC.

Stuart D.G. , Greenier T.J. , Rumery R.A. & Eagleson J.M. 1982. Survey, performance and use of biological safety cabinets. Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc., 43:265–270.

Styblo K. 1984. Epidemiology of tuberculosis. Infektionskrankheiten und ihre Erreger. 4/VI: 77–161. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1984. Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories. HHS publ. no. (CDC) 84–8395. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Vesley D. & Hartman H.H. 1988. Laboratory-acquired infections and injuries in clinical laboratories: a 1986 survey. Am. J. Public Health, 78:245–256.