Prevention and Control of Pathogenic Microorganisms for the Management and Biosafety Control in Laboratory Animal Facilities

Abstract

Appropriate biosafety management is a critical component of the successful operation of laboratory animal facilities. Standardizing the management of laboratory animal facilities, protecting staff, and strengthening the construction of laboratory animal health monitoring system are inevitable needs for the benign development of the laboratory animal industry. The control of microbial pathogens is a core component of laboratory biosafety management, and it is an important index for the evaluation of laboratory operation and management. The potential biosafety risk of animal laboratories is high owing to the experimentations with live animals, or pathogenic microorganisms. The control of microbial pathogens is an effective measure to reduce the risk of occupational exposure and acquired infections in laboratories. This study discusses microbial pathogen control strategies in laboratory animal facilities for promoting laboratory animal facility management and biosafety control.

Keywords

• laboratory animal
• pathogenic microorganism
• facility management
• acquired infection
• occupational exposure
• biosafety