For the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Scientific and Research Technical Bureau

Abstract

In the historical perspective, the stages of formation and the main activities of the Scientific and Research Technical Bureau are considered. It is the profile organization of the Ministry of Defence, which dealt with the design of a laboratory and experimental base for the development and production of medical immunobiological preparations. Over the years (from 1958 to 2009), the organization has made a considerable contribution to the formation of scientific foundations for strengthening the biological security of our country. The technical ideas and solutions laid down by the collective of the bureau have been successfully used so far, and the scientific schools created in this period in the field of special safety equipment in the production of medical immunobiological preparations which determined the development of scientific thought in this field for decades. Specialists of the bureau have developed and launched standards that regulate the requirements for designing, building and equipping microbiological laboratory. The specialized division of the bureau carried out information and bibliographic work, regularly published analytical information and reviews on the status and trends of the development of biological protection systems abroad. One of the directions of the organization's work was contractual and legal support of international activities in the field of prohibition of biological weapons. The staff of the bureau carried out an analysis of scientific and technical information related to the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons, created information databases on the problems of the BTWC.

Keywords

• biosafety
• biological protection
• btwc
• laboratory and experimental base
• medical immunobiological preparations
• scientific-technical bureau
• special safety precautions