biosafety

biosafety
Safety measures applied to the handling of biologic materials or organisms with a known potential to cause disease in humans. Current recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are to follow universal precautions, that is to treat all human samples of blood and body fluid as though they were infectious.

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bio·safe·ty 'bī-ō-.sāf-tē n, pl -ties safety with respect to the effects of biological research on humans and the environment

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bio·safe·ty (bi″o-sāfґte) procedures used to reduce or limit the risks to laboratory and other workers, as well as the general public, from exposure to biotechnology and its products.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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