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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (9): 903-909.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2020.09.004

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Testing and reporting requirements for Class Ⅱ biosafety cabinet in tuberculosis laboratory

ZHANG Can-you, XIA Hui, CHENG Jun()   

  1. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China (*ZHANG Can-you is a Ph.D candidate from Peking University School of Public Health)
  • Received:2020-05-26 Online:2020-09-10 Published:2020-09-18
  • Contact: CHENG Jun E-mail:chengjun@chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

The biosafety cabinet is one of the primary barriers to ensure the biological safety of the laboratories, and has been used in tuberculosis laboratory widely. In China, there are problems in the use of biosafety cabinets, such as the lack of attention to maintenance, irregular on-site testing and test reports. Based on international and domestic biosafety cabinet standards and the authors’on-site experiences, this article briefly summarizes the requirements and points for attention of on-site and daily testing of biosafety cabinets, and also provides model essay of test report, in order to help laboratories staff and special testing institutions.

Key words: Biosafety cabinet, Laboratories, Tuberculosis, Safety management, Benchmarking, Technical report, Comment