Laboratory Biosecurity: A Survey of the U.S. Bioscience Community

Abstract

Laboratory biosecurity practices, or measures to prevent the theft or sabotage of biological research materials, must coexist with biosafety. Within the United States, laboratory biosecurity, for a list of select agents, has been regulated through several Codes of Federal Regulation. In 2004 and 2005, Sandia National Laboratories conducted a survey of the U.S. bioscience community in conjunction with Reed Research Group, to assess the extent biosecurity is implemented in laboratories and the relationship between biosecurity and biosafety and good laboratory practices in regulated select and non-select agent laboratories. This paper describes the results of this survey.

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