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NALT Full

Preferred term

biosafety

Type

Topic

Definition

Biosafety is the application of safety precautions that reduce a laboratorian’s risk of exposure to a potentially infectious microbe and limit contamination of the work environment and, ultimately, the community.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

human health and safety

Narrower concepts

biocontainment

Related concepts

In other languages

bioprotección

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17514

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