credits bmbl December 7 '06.doc - Central Michigan University

Principles of Laboratory Biosecurity
• Management develops a biosecurity risk statement, documenting which
biosecurity scenarios represent an unacceptable risk and must be mitigated
versus those risks appropriately handled through existing protection controls.
• Management develops a biosecurity plan to describe how the institution will
mitigate those unacceptable risks including:
o a written security plan, standard operating procedures, and incident
response plans;
o written protocols for employee training on potential hazards, the
biosecurity program and incident response plans.
• Management ensures necessary resources to achieve the protection measures
documented in the biosecurity plan.
Step 5: Reevaluate the Institution’s Risk Posture and Protection Objectives
• Management regularly reevaluates and makes necessary modifications to the:
o biosecurity risk statement;
o biosecurity risk assessment process;
o the institution’s biosecurity program/plan;
o the institution’s biosecurity systems.
• Management assures the daily implementation, training and annual re-evaluation
of the security program.
ELEMENTS OF A BIOSECURITY PROGRAM
Many facilities may determine that existing safety and security programs provide
adequate mitigation for the security concerns identified through biosecurity risk
assessment. This section offers examples and suggestions for components of a biosecurity
program should the risk assessment reveal that further protections may be warranted.
Program components should be site-specific and based upon organizational
threat/vulnerability assessment and as determined appropriate by facility management.
Elements discussed below should be implemented, as needed, based upon the risk
assessment process. They should not be construed as “minimum requirements” or
“minimum standards” for a biosecurity program.
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