INFORMATIONAL SESSION

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Open Forum Discussion

Next steps in the implementation of CWA 15793: Laboratory Biorisk Management Standard Open to all participants. Space is limited.

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Opening Reception

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

OCTOBER 19-21, 2009

Presentations are available for download where indicated

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

7:00 am - 7:45 am

Continental Breakfast

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Exhibits

7:45 - 7:55 am

Local Arrangement Committee Welcome
Jairo Betancourt, University of Miami, Miami, FL

7:55 - 8:05 am

Scientific Program Committee Welcome
Sophie Brocard, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

8:05 - 8:25 am

ABSA President's Address
Robert Ellis,Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Session l: Wedum Lecture Award Presentation

8:30 - 9:10 am

Introduction: Robert Ellis, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
AAV BIOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY
Guangping Gao, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Session II: Eagleson Lecture Award Presentation

9:10 - 9:50 am

Introduction: Mary Ann Sondrini, Eagleson Institute, Sanford, ME
LABORATORY SURVEILLANCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS ACTIVITY IN THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA, 2002-2009(PDF 3.45MB)
Robert B. Tesh, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

9:50 - 10:20 am

Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break

Session III: NSABB Round Table

10:20 - 12:30 pm

Moderator - Barbara Fox-Nellis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

10:20 - 10:55 am

NSABB'S GUIDANCE FOR COMMUNICATING DUAL USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN
Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

10:55 - 11:30 am

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DUAL USE RESEARCH REVIEW AT THE NIH
Deborah Wilson, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

11:30 - 12:05 pm

NSABB’S GUIDANCE ON WORK INVOLVING SYNTHETIC GENOMICS
Murray Cohen, CDIC, Atlanta, GA

12:05 - 12:30 pm

Q&A

12:30 - 2:00

Lunch and Exhibits

Session IV: Poster Session

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Presenters Must Be Available

REGULATORY ASPECTS OR IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM PROJECTS IN NEW INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES (ID#2)(PDF 215KB)
Nikolay Staritsyn, Evgeny Turin, State Research Centre for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow, Russia

VALIDATION OF AN EFFLUENT STEAM STERILIZATION SYSTEM IN CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3 LABORATORY (ID#3)
Aurel Tamburri, Ingrid Abbott-Permell, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario

BSC DECONTAMINATION METHOD COMPARISONS: FORMALDEHYDE VS. CHLORINE DIOXIDE VS. VAPOR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (ID#4)
Mark Czarneski, ClorDiSys Solutions Inc, Lebanon, NJ

EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSAFETY CONTAINMENT LANDSCAPE IN SINGAPORE AND THE ADJACENT REGION (ID#7)
Felix Gmuender, Basler & Hofmann Singapore Pte., Ltd, Singapore; Chris Sear, A*Star, Singapore

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TB TESTING METHODS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS (ID#8)
Ellyn Segal, Jamie Boseman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

INTRODUCTION OF AN ACCREDITATION SCHEME IN THE UK FOR THOSE EMPLOYED OR WORKING IN THE FIELD OF BIOSAFETY (ID#10)(PDF 9KB)
Arthur Mitchell, Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF X-RAY SCREENING ON THE VIABILITY OF MICROBIAL AGENTS (ID#13)
Jay Krishnan, Chad Chad Pucknell, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

BIOSAFETY ISSUES ENCOUNTERED IN THE FIELD AND THEIR POSSIBLE MITIGATIONS (ID#15)
Igor Krayman, Midwest Research Institute, Alexandria, VA

CHALLENGES OF DECONTAMINATING TERMINAL HEPA FILTER HOUSINGS IN A BSL-3-AG FACILITY (ID#18)
Michael Mispagel, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; John Klostermyer, Steris, Inc., Belle Mead, NJ

PRODUCTION OF AVIAN FLU INFLUENZA VACCINE ON POKROV BIOPREPARATION PLANT (ID#21)
Dmitry Losovoy, Sergey Ochapkin Pokrov, Russia

PERFECTION OF SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND BIOSAFETY OF STRAINS OF THE STATE COLLECTION OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS ARRIP (ID#28)
Natalya Kurkova, Valery Dubovoy, All-Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology, Odintsovo District, Moscow Region

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN PERFORMING DUCTWORK DECONTAMINATION IN AN ANIMAL FACILITY (ID#35)(PDF 1.09MB)
Krista Murray, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

UNIQUE BIOSECURITY ASPECTS OF ERADICATED PATHOGENS: SMALLPOX CASE STUDY (ID#37)(PDF 2.46MB)
Jennifer Gaudioso, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; Erik Heegaard, Bavarian Nordic, Kvistgard, Denmark

APPROACHES FOR A UNIFIED LABORATORY MANAGEMENT BIORISK FRAMEWORK (ID#38)(PDF 1.32MB)
Jennifer Gaudioso, Susan Caskey, Reynolds Salerno, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

EVALUATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE GASEOUS DISINFECTION SYSTEMS TO DECONTAMINATE VIRUSES (ID#40)
Thomas Pottage, Jimmy Walker, Health Protection Agency, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

A NATIONAL BIOSAFETY CURRICULUM: CONSEQUENCES FOR BIOSAFETY TRAINING AT BSL-3 (ID#41)
Daniel Kümin, Spiez Laboratory, Spiez, Switzerland; Kathrin Summermatter, Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland

MOBILE LAMINAR AIR FLOW SCREEN (LAF)
FOR ADDITIONAL OPERATING ROOM VENTILATION TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCTION OF BACTERIA AND AIR-BORNE PARTICLES CONTAMINATION (ID#45)(PDF 363KB)
Dimitri Sossai, Giulio Dagnino, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Italy

REPLACING THE INCINERATOR WITH A ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY OF DIPOSING BIOHAZRDOUS WASTE: ALKALINE DIGESTION SYSTEMS (ID#46)
Andrea Smida, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

IMPLEMENTATION OF LABORATORY SELF-INSPECTION PROGRAM AT EMORY UNIVERSITY (ID#48)(PDF 10KB)
Kalpana Rengarajan, Patricia Olinger, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

NON-HUMAN PRIMATE BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (ID#49)
Melissa de la Garza, Stacey Perez, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY REGULATORY COMPLIANCE PROGRAM: REVIEW PROCESSES AND COORDINATION EFFORTS (ID#52)
Katherine Wirth, Brandt Pasco, Department of Homeland Security, Alexandria, VA

NBACC COMMISSIONING AND OPERATIONS: A HEALTH AND SAFETY PERSPECTIVE (ID#53)
Sherry S. Bohn, Kelly J. Flint, BNBI/NBACC, Frederick, MD

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AGENT SUMMARY STATEMENTS BETWEEN THE CURRENT AND FORMER EDITIONS OF BMBL (ID#56)
Charles Crews, SRA International, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Edward Gaunt, SRA International, Inc., Durham, NC

CELLULAR SCREEN TO ASSESS THE BIOLOGICAL SAFETY OF NANOPARTICLES (ID#57)
Mellisa Theodore, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; Bryant Nelson, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

DESIGNING FOR SOPS: INTEGRATING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES & PROCESS FLOWS INTO BIOCONTAINMENT FACILITY DESIGN (ID# 58)(PDF 80KB)
Lauri Kempfer, Steve Freson, Flad Architects, Madison, WI

TESTING OF SECONDARY CONTAINMENT BARRIERS IN ACTIVE BSL-3 LABORATORIES (ID#61)
Roland Kallechy, Hemisphere Engineering, Atlanta, GA

SUSTAINABLE CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES: DESIGN AFFECTING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (ID# 63)
Daniel Smith, Smith Carter, Atlanta, GA

CRITICAL SUPPORT SPACES AND MATERIAL MOVEMENT FOR HIGH CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES (ID#65)
Alan Gnani, Smith Carter, Atlanta, GA

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF BIOSAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT FACTORS AS DEFINED BY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS (ID#67)
Susan Caskey, Sandia National Laboratories International Biological Threat Reduction, Albuquerque, NM; Stefan Wagener, Candian Science Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

WORKING SAFELY WITH ANIMALS-BIOSAFETY CONSIDERATION MEETINGS (ID#68)
Peili Zhu, University of California, San Francisco, CA

THE EXPANDED ROLE OF A UNIVERSITY’S INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE APPROVAL PROCESS (ID#70)
Michael Penn, Rebecca Caruso, Boston University, Boston, MA

EVALUATING THE FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOSAFTY LEVEL 2 RESEARCH LABORATORY WORKERS’ HAND HYGIENE BEHAVIORS (ID#71)
Michele Johnson, Jim Johnston, University of Utah Environmental Health & Safety, Salt Lake City, UT

AN APPROACH TO BIOSAFETY LABORATORY INSPECTIONS (ID#72)
Krystyna Kozakiewicz, Robert Hashimoto, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

LATIN AMERICAN REPORTS ON OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO INFECTIOUS MATERIALS (ID#73)
Edgar Sevilla-Reyes, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico; Klintsy Torres-Hernandez, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, México, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

REINFORCEMENT OF AUTOMATED LOGGING SYSTEM IN INFECTIOUS SAMPLES (ID#74)(PDF 2.4MB)
Katsuaki Shinohara, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

MOBILE AND MODULAR LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, EXPERIENCES OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS (ID#76)

Stan Duarte, Morehouse School of Medicine, Decatur, GA; Charles Henry, ECBC, Edgewood, MD

Session V: New and Emerging Biosafety Legislation & Regulations

2:00 - 4:00 pm

Moderator: Maureen O'Leary, PhD, CBSP, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

NEW AND EMERGING BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS (ID#51)(PDF 1.23MB)
Robert J. Hashimoto, CBSP, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Joseph Kozlovac, MS, RBP, CBSP, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; Joseph Kanabrocki, PhD, CBSP, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Bill Homovec, CBSP, LabCorp, Burlington, NC

4:00 - 4:30 pm

Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break

Session VI: INVITED PAPER

4:30 - 5:00 pm

Moderator: Judy LaDuc, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

BIOFILMS OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS: A POSSIBLE LINK TO DRUG RESISTANCE AND LATENCY IN TUBERCULOSIS
Jeffrey Leid, PhD, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Members Business Meeting

Door prizes will be awarded - must be present to win.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Vendor Exhibits

Session VII: Griffin Lecture Award Presentation

8:00 - 8:40 am

Introduction: Caryl Griffin, MSN, MDiv, E. R Griffin Foundation, Kingsport, TN

NEW METRICS IN MEDICAL MONITORING
Gary Fujimoto, MD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA

Session VIII: Robert I. Gross Award and Lecture

8:40 - 9:20 am

Introduction: Robert Hashimoto, CBSP University of California, Berkeley, CA

EVALUATION OF TRANSMISSION POTENTIAL OF TWO CHIMERIC WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE CANDIDATES IN CULEX TARSALIS (ID#50)(PDF 3.29MB)
Joanie Kenney, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

9:20 - 9:50 am

Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break

Session IX: ROUND TABLE: Infectious Disease

9:50 - 11:50 am

Moderator: Kelly Flint, NBACC, Frederick, MD

GALVESTON NATIONAL LABORATORY'S PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA RESPONSE
Joan Nichols, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (See the video: Global Health, Local Action, H1N1 2008)

NOVEL H1N1 INFLUENZA: CLINICAL ASPECTS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS(PDF 506KB)
Gio J. Baracco, MD, University of Miami, Miami, FL (see the video)

PPE USAGE DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE H1N1 OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY(PDF 506KB)
Edgar Sevilla-Reyes, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico(see the video)

11:50 - 1:20

Exhibits, Posters, and Lunch

Session X: Poster Session

12:20 - 1:20 pm

Presenters Must Be Available

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XI: Biosecurity

1:20 - 2:40 pm

Moderator: Bob Hashimoto, CBSP, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1:20 - 1:40 pm

PSYCHO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF BEHAVIORAL SCREENING (ID#5)
Casey Skvorc, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC

1:40 - 2:00 pm

TOWARDS A BIOSECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT
Morton Maerli, DNV, Hovik, Norway

2:00 - 2:20 pm

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE THE REGULATORY STANDARD SETTING PROCESS: PREVENTING DISASTROUS OUTCOMES FROM A WELLINTENTIONED REGULATION (ID#36)(zipped PDF and mp4 1.19MB)
David Silberman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2:20 - 2:40 pm

THINKING MORE ABOUT BIOSECURITY (ID #32)(PDF 648KB)
Jeff Adamovicz, RBP, Midwest Research

Session XII: Molecular Design & Animal/Arthropod Biosafety

1:20 - 2:40 pm

Moderator: Barbara Johnson, PhD, RBP, Barbara Johnson & Associates, Herndon, VA

1:20 - 1:40 pm

ONCOGENIC CELL LINES IN THE LABORATORY AND VIVARIUM: HOW SAFE ARE THEY? (ID#25)
Maureen O'Leary, PhD, CBSP, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

1:40 - 2:00 pm

NON-RECOMBINANT DNA: BENEATH THE RADAR (ID#47)
Dawn Wooley, RBP, CBSP, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

2:00 - 2:20 pm

A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE ANIMAL BEDDINGS IN MINIMIZING THE RELEASE OF AEROSOLIZED PATHOGENS (ID# 29)
Becky Langer, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2:20 - 2:40 pm

CHALLENGES OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES IN ABSL-3 (ID# 44)
Jeffrey Potts, MPH, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

2:40 - 3:10 pm

Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XIII: ROUND TABLE: Animal Housing

3:10 - 5:10 pm

Moderator: Sophie Brocard, PhD, RBP, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

GOATS AND PIGS AND COWS...OH MY! (ADVENTURES WITH LIVESTOCK IN BIOCONTAINMENT)
Scott Rusk, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGNING CONTAINMENT FACILITIES TO HOUSE WILDLIFE SPECIES AND DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK
Diana Whipple, UDSA-ARS, Ames, IA

HOUSING OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND BIOCONTAINMENT CHALLENGES
Corrie West, Tulane University, Covington, LA

Session XIV: ROUND TABLE: Inactivation and Decontamination

3:10 - 5:10 pm

Moderator: Francine Rogers, RBP, CBSP, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

STABILITY OF PATHOGENS IN THE BSL-3 ENVIRONMENT
Nanda Gudderra, MSc, MS, PhD, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

INACTIVATION OF BSL-3 VIRUSES
Colleen Johnson, PhD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

DECONTAMINATION LESSONS LEARNED: DISINFECTANT SELECTION, ROOM DESIGN, AND VALIDATION
Jerry Tews, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VAPOR DECONTAMINATION OF TWO SPECIALIZED ANIMAL TRANSPORT UNITS
Lesley Homer, RBP, CBSP, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

6:30 - 10:00 pm

BANQUET - Jungle Island

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009

7:00 am - 1:00 pm

Registration

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XV: Lab and Design - Operations and Decontamination

8:00 - 9:20 am

Moderator: Betty Kupskay, RBP, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

8:00 - 8:20 am

USING ATTENUATED MICROBES TO TEST DRIVE A NEW HIGHCONTAINMENT FACILITY (ID#14)
Scott Alderman, CBSP, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

8:20 - 8:40 am

DEVELOPING A QUANTITATIVE TESTING METHOD FOR CANOPY CONNECTED CLASS II TYPE A2 BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS (ID#20)
Robert Lloyd, The Baker Company, Sanford, ME

8:40 - 9:00 am

THE USE OF BACTERIAL AND VIRAL TRACER METHODS TO EVALUATE HEPA FILTER TEST METHODOLOGIES AND THE RESIDUAL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH USED HEPA FILTERS(ID#30)
Allan Bennett, Health Protection Agency, Wiltshire, UK

9:00 - 9:20 am

CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED IN DECONTAMINATION OF SMALL SPACES AND TUBES (ID#31)(PDF 1.21MB)
Steve Devine, Camfil Farr, Riverside, NJ

Session XVI: Lab and Design - Engineering and Construction

8:00 - 9:20 am

Moderator: Cynthia Schwartz, PhD, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario CANADA

8:00 - 8:20 am

LAB TASK RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL (ID#43)
Alexander Christiansen, DNV, Hovik, Norway

8:20 - 8:40 am

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES FOR A NEW ACL-2 INSECTARY IN AN EXISTING MULTITENANT LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FACILITY AT USF (ID#60)(PDF 1.08MB)
Jeff Talka, Gresham Smith & Partners, Tampa, FL

8:40 - 9:00 am

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOCERA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH REGIONAL BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY (#77)
Kelly Stefano Cole, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

9:00 - 9:20 am

AN APPROACH FOR CONDUCTING ROOM-SCALE VAPOROUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (VHP®) DECONTAMINATION OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES (ID#26)(PDF 10KB)
William R. Richter, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH

9:20 - 9:30 am

Break

Session XVII: Regulatory Aspects and Occupational Health

9:50 - 11:10 am

Moderator: Robert Heckert, PhD, DVM, CBSP, Robert Heckert Consulting, Bowie, MD

FINDINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP ON STRENGTHENING THE BIOSECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES (video)
Laura A. Kwinn, Ph.D. Office of Medicine, Science, and Public Health Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:50 - 10:10 am

RISK CONTROL IN DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES DIRECTIVE (ID#6)
Felix. Gmuender, RBP, Basler & Hofmann PTE, Ltd., Singapore (see the video)

10:10 - 10:30 am

LESSONS LEARNED FROM CHANGING SELECT AGENT REGISTRATIONS (ID#69)
Rebecca Caruso, MPH, RBP, Boston University, Boston, MA

10:30 - 10:50 am

LABORATORY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - NEW LESSONS TO LEARN (ID#17)(PDF 2.42MB)
Heather Sheeley, Health Protection Agency, Wiltshire, UK

10:50 - 11:10 am

EFFECTIVE MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS FOR BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES AND ANIMAL FACILITIES: COMMON CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION (ID#55)
Patricia Meinhardt, Martin Blanck and Associates, Ithaca, NY

Session XVIII: Others

9:50 - 11:10 am

Moderator: Jennifer Danieley, US Military HIV Research Program, Rockville, MD

9:50 - 10:10 am

IDENTIFYING BSL-2 LABORATORIES IN A MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITY (ID#33)
Christine Carlson, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

10:10 - 10:30 am

RISK COMMUNICATION AS A KEY ELEMENT FOR HIGH-CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES: EXPERIENCE FROM THE SWISS BSL-4 LABORATORY PROJECT (ID#42)
Martin Schütz, PhD, Spiez Laboratory, Spiez, Switzerland

10:30 - 10:50 am

DECONTAMINATION OF BETA-LACTAM RESIDUALS USING CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS (ID#9)
Henry Luftman, PhD, DRS Laboratories, Leigh Valley, PA

10:50 - 11:10 am

OPERATIONAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH MAINTAINING LARGE FLEXIBLE FILM ISOLATORS: PRACTICAL APPLICATION (ID#66)(PDF 2.16MB)
James Henry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

11:30 - 1:30 pm

Honor Awards and Special Recognition Luncheon
Presenter/Moderator: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award
Everett J. Hanel, Jr. Award Presentation
John H. Richardson Special Recognition Award
International and National Poster Awards
Recognition of Certified Biosafety Professionals and Registered Biosafety Professionals

1:30 - 2:00 pm

Update on ABSA High Containment Laboratory Accreditation Task Force
Christina Thompson, RBP, CBSP, Chair, ABSA Accreditation Task Force

Session XIX: Knudsen Award & Lecture

2:00 - 2:25 pm

Moderator: Elizabeth Gilman Duane, RBP, CBSP, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA; Karen Byers, RBP, CBSP, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

EFFECTIVENESS OF UV EXPOSURE OF ITEMS CONTAMINATED WITH ANTHRAX SPORES IN A CLASS 2 BIOSAFETY CABINET AND A BIOSAFETY LEVEL 3 LABORATORY PASS-BOX
Michael D. Chute, BS, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD

2:25 - 2:35 pm

Update on the AALAS Certificate Program for Animal Lab Technicians
Nicole Duffee, DVM, PhD, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Memphis, TN

2:25 - 3:00 pm

Coffee Break

Session XX: Training and Personnel

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Moderator: Craig Reed, PhD, RBP, Inspirion Biosciences, Frederick, MD

3:00 - 3:20 pm

BIOSAFETY TRAINING INITIATIVES: EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES, FUTURE NEEDS (ID #34)(PDF 78KB)
LouAnn Burnett, CBSP, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

3:20 - 3:40 pm

MEASURING BIOLOGICAL TRAINING SUCCESS USING A STANDARDIZED APPROACH (ID#12)(PDF 91KB)
Patricia Delarosa, RBP, CBSP, Midwest Research Institute, Frederick, MD

3:40 - 4:00 pm

EVOLUTION OF A FACILITY-SPECIFIC BSL-3 TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH REGIONAL BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY (ID#19)
Amy Hartman, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

4:00 - 4:20 pm

BIOPREPAREDNESS AT ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, PHILIPPINES (ID#22)
Miguel Martin N. Moreno, II, MD, St. Luke's Medical Center, Philippines

4:20 - 4:40 pm

A REVIEW OF THE BOSTON FIRST RESPONDER AND EMORY UNIVERSITY APPLIED LABORATORY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING (ALERT) PROGRAM (ID#23)
Sean G. Kaufman, MPH, CHES, CPH, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

4:40 - 5:00 pm

BREATH DOSIMETRY: A REAL-TIME NON-INVASIVE METHOD TO ASSESS EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS (ID#54)
Joany Jackman, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD

5:00 pm

Close of Conference