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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION<br />

Definitions<br />

<strong>Biorisk</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />

Page 3 of 10<br />

Laboratory biosafety: containment<br />

principles, technologies, and practices<br />

implemented to prevent unintentional<br />

exposure to pathogens and toxins, or<br />

their unintentional release<br />

Laboratory biosecurity: institutional<br />

and personal security measures<br />

designed to prevent the loss, theft,<br />

misuse, diversion, or intentional<br />

release of pathogens and toxins<br />

1<br />

Laboratory biosafety manual, Third edition<br />

(World Health Organization, 2004)<br />

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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