Issue 1
Journal for Veterinary Medicine, Biotechnology and Biosafety
Volume
2, Issue 1, May 2016, Pages 29–31
ISSN 2411-3174 (print version) ISSN 2411-0388
(online version)
FUNDAMENTAL OBLIGATIONS AND
RIGHTS OF BIOSAFETY COMMISSIONS IN THE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH
WORK WITH PATHOGENIC AGENTS
Danilova I. S.
National
Scientific Center «Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary
Medicine», Kharkiv, Ukraine, e-mail: irrulik@ukr.net
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Citation for print version: Danilova, I. S. (2016) ‘Fundamental
obligations and rights of Biosafety Commissions in the organizations which work
with pathogenic agents’, Journal
for Veterinary Medicine, Biotechnology and Biosafety, 2(1),
pp. 29–31.
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(2016) ‘Fundamental obligations and rights of Biosafety Commissions in
the organizations which work with pathogenic agents’, Journal for Veterinary Medicine, Biotechnology and
Biosafety. [Online] 2(1), pp. 29–31.
Available at:
http://jvmbbs.kharkov.ua/archive/2016/volume2/issue1/oJVMBBS_2016021_029-031.pdf
Summary. Biosafety
is the system of preventing large-scale losses for the living systems directed
on the maintenance of ecological balance and human health. The pathogenic
microorganisms and products of their vital functions which
are agents of infectious diseases regardless of their origin and the methods of
their receipt are the basic sources of biological danger for the
population, animals, plants and the environment. Each institution should
develop its own biosafety programs for the following purposes: - minimization
of the negative influence of biohazards; - prevention of the dangerous
biological materials releasing; - protecting of the experimental samples. In
each institution, the main points of the control over the compliance with the
biosafety and biosecurity systems should be necessarily
assigned to the Regime Commission or Biosafety Commission. Based on
this, each institution that works with the microorganisms of II–IV
pathogenicity groups should have its regulations on the Regime Commission about
the monitoring compliance with biosafety and biosecurity regimes when working
with pathogenic microorganisms. It is noted that the provisions should include 3 sections: general provisions, obligations, and the rights
of Regime Commission. This article determines the basic provisions, rights, and
responsibilities of the regime commissions from different departments. The main
principles and approaches of ‘Regulations on the Policy Commission on
monitoring compliance with biosafety and biosecurity regime when working with
pathogenic microorganisms’ are also shown in this article.
Keywords: biosafety,
veterinary medicine, laboratory, regime commission, pathogenic agents
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