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Strengthening Laboratory Biosafety & Biosecurity

(NPHL)

Next, strengthening laboratories biosafety and biosecurity for NPHL followed by all public
health laboratories and later to all the laboratories.

Through Institution of Biosafety and Biosecurity (IBBC) team has look into the in-house
biosafety and biosecurity requirement and practices of the laboratory, with reference to WHO
and CDC guidelines which focused on

❏ Adequate training on handling high risk organism,

❏ Transportation requirement of the biological material,

❏ Procedures relating to the laboratory waste etc.