Best Practice Guidelines
WP3 – Best practices for Biosafety, Biosecurity and Quality Management
VetBioNet works in partnership with the International Veterinary Biosafety Workgroup (IVBW), a 167 members organisation involved in farmed animal high containment from across the world, with a mission to “promote best practice in microbiological biocontainment and safety in veterinary laboratories that have national responsibility for the health of large animals, and which operate at biosafety level 3 and 4. VetBioNet has a page on the IVBW for sharing its outputs on best practice guidance notes.
These guidances cover a wide range of topics and are focused on the specific challenges of running a High Containment Facility for Farmed Animal Species, and currently include:
- Training and Competence for Working in Containment Level 3 Animal Facilities
- High Containment Facilities Building Officer – Guidance Notes
- Emergency Procedures and Contingency Planning in Containment Facilities
- Best Practice on the Selection, Validation and Use of Disinfectants in High Containment Animal Facilities
A link to the site can be found below:
International Veterinary Biosafety Workgroup – Home
Related public deliverables:
- D3.3_Biorisk management programme for facilities handling large farmed animals
- D3.10_Report on Best Practice for facility management
- D3.4 Guidelines of minimum requirements and criteria for training provision and competency assessment
- D3.4 Annex: Guidelines of minimum requirements and criteria for training provision and competency assessment for operating high containment farmed animal facilities
- D3.4 Annex: Addendum Fish experimental facilities
- D3.5 Training material for specific critical positions in animal high containment facilities
- D3.6 Process guidelines for designing and upgrading BSL3/3+facilities for farmed animal species including design and assessment
- D3.6 Annex: Process guidelines for designing and upgrading BSL3/3+ facilities for farmed animal species
- D4.5_Ethics Committee Best Practice Guidance
Training:
IRTA-CReSA Fall Course – Biocontainment & Biosecurity PPT presentations folder