A Cross-Border Biorisk Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthThe COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges to public health, exposing first responders to high biosafety risks during medical assistance and containment efforts. The PANDEM-2 study aimed to address these critical biosafety issues by emphasising the importance of frequently updated, harmonised guidelines.
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Control Potential of Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus (SfMNPV) Isolated from Fall Armyworm in Nigeria (West Africa) [PDF]
InsectsThe fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) has now become an invasive pest of global concern. The pest was first detected in Central and Western Africa in early 2016.
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Biorisk Assessment of Medical Diagnostic Laboratories in Nigeria
Safety and Health at Work, 2013 Background: The aim of this study was to assess public and private medical diagnostic laboratories in Nigeria for the presence of biosafety equipment, devices, and measures.
Bankole Henry Oladeinde +4 more
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Novel Dutch self-assessment Biosecurity Toolkit to identify biorisk gaps and to enhance biorisk awareness [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2014 Petra CC Sijnesael +10 more
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Training in tools and modelling to develop risk ranking and quantitative microbial risk assessment for cheese along the Polish and Spanish food. [PDF]
EFSA JAbstract To ensure that ready‐to‐eat products are safe to eat, it is important to develop new tools to prevent and control bacterial contamination. Risk assessment has been gaining popularity in recent years and provides tools with which we can develop mathematical models for robust food safety management tools for use by health authorities, consumer ...
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Training in metataxonomics-integrated risk assessment for foodborne pathogens in the Polish and Spanish dairy chain (DAIRYPOL). [PDF]
EFSA JAbstract Food safety is a key concern in the European Union, with the harmonisation of risk assessment methodologies being a strategic priority. The EU‐FORA programme, coordinated by EFSA, promotes standardised approaches to microbial risk assessment across Europe.
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Financial, cultural, and managerial hurdles have made biosafety and biosecurity measures difficult in resource-constrained countries like Pakistan. Because of increasing awareness of biorisk management, diagnostic and research laboratories have made ...
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Training in tools to develop quantitative microbial risk assessment of ready-to-eat food with a comparison between the Romanian and Spanish food supply chains. [PDF]
EFSA J, 2023 Abstract The prevention and control of bacterial contamination on ready‐to‐eat (RTE) fresh produce is an essential task to ensure food safety. Therefore, the development of novel and effective decontamination technologies to ensure microbiological safety of fruits and vegetables has gained considerable attention and new sanitisation methods are needed.
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Applied Biosafety, 2018 The emergence of highly infectious diseases such as Hepatitis and HIV increasingly drives the importance of health and safety in medical laboratories.
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National Biosafety Management System: A Combined Framework Approach Based on 15 Key Elements
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 The pervasive nature of infections causing major outbreaks have elevated biosafety and biosecurity as a fundamental component for resilient national laboratory systems.
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