59th Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Conference

Posters

Professional Development Courses
Scientific Program
Abstracts: Monday (PDF), Tuesday (PDF), Wednesday (PDF)
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2016 Poster Winners

Scientific TRAINING IMPROVE BIOSAFETY PRACTICES AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS: A THREE YEARS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (ID #30)
Amna Shireen, Dow University of Health sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

Informational DEVELOPMENT OF A BIORISK MANAGEMENT (BRM) ELECTRONIC LIBRARY FOR THE ARABIC COMMUNITY (ID #20)
Heba Hassan, Agricultural Research Center- Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt


NEW OPTIONS FOR MEASURING BIORISK MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE (ID #1)
LouAnn C. Burnett , Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE RELEASE OF BACTERIAL, FUNGAL AND RICKETTSIAL SELECT AGENTS REPORTED BY NON-REGISTERED FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES (ID #2)
Richard Henkel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

ADDRESSING BIOSECURITY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GENE MODIFYING & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES TO MITIGATE REACTIONARY RESPONSES FROM THE PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT (ID #3)
Nicolas Dunaway , At-Risk International, Chantilly, Virginia, United States

THE ROLE OF BIOSAFETY ASSOCIATIONS IN RAISING AWARENESS ON BIOSAFETY/BIOSECURITY (ID #4)
Lela Bakanidze , Georgian Biosafety Association, Tbilisi, Georgia

HOW TO RENEW YOUR RBP CREDENTIAL ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET (ID #5)
Susanne M. Savely, DrPH, RBP , Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States

NO NEUTRALIZATION NEEDED: CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS DECONTAMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS WITH PAPER SUBSTRATES (ID #6)
Mark A. Czarneski , ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc., Lebanon, New Jersey, United States

CD GAS DECONTAMINATION OF EXHAUST HEPA FILTER UNITS (ID #7)
Mike Regits, DRS Laboratories, Inc., Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States

A MODEL FOR A BIOSAFETY AND LABORATORY ANIMAL RESEARCH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTIONS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES (ID #10)
Stephen Case , University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

ISOLATION WARD FOR HIGHLY INFECTIOUS PATIENTS (ID #11)
Leslie Gartner , WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

GREEN LABORATORIES (ID #12)
Dennis Nolan , University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States

RISK ASSESSMENT IN JORDAN (ID #13)
Ghaya Alwahdani , Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan

BACTERIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFECTIOUS RISKS IN A SEMI-PUBLIC BIO MEDICAL LABORATORY IN BENIN (WEST AFRICA) (ID #14)
Edna E. Hounsa , Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Laboratoire de Recherche de Biologie Appliqué, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MORINGA STENOPETALA AGAINST SOME HUMAN PATHOGENIC BACTERIAL STRAINS (ID #15)
Basha Chekesa Lemi, Wollega University, Ethiopia

BIOSAFETY IN THE FIELD DURING STUDIES OF ANIMAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ID #16)
Lena Ninidze , National Food Agency, Tbilisi, Georgia

MEXICO´S BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY PLAN AGAINST A POSSIBLE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE NATIONAL EMERGENCY (ID #17)
Luis Alberto Ochoa , National Reference Laboratory, InDRE, Mexico, Mexico

BIOSAFETY LEVEL 3 PILOT PLANT – A FACILITY IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF FOOD PRODUCTION (ID #18)
Livia Schwendimann, René Imhof, Thomas Berger, Institute for Food Science, Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland

ASSESSMENT OF THE MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION ON ISOLATOR SUITS (ID #19)
Jackie Steward , Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom

BIOSAFETY DURING WORK WITH INFECTED ANIMALS AT KAZAKH SCIENCE CENTER FOR QUARANTINE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES (ID #21)
Dinara Turegeldiyeva , Kazakh Science Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan

ENGAGEMENT IN REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES: AN UPDATE FROM THE REGULATORY AND TECHNICAL AFFAIRS TEAM (ID #22)
Meghan Seltzer, PhD , HHMI, Aldie, Virginia, United States

METHODS OF ASSURING CONGRUENCE BETWEEN THE IBC AND THE IRB OR IACUC (ID #23)
Nicholas A. Tripoulas , Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

NO MORE DROSOPHILA IN YOUR SUITCASE: CREATING GUIDANCE FOR USDA PERMIT HOLDERS ON CAMPUS (ID #24)
Alaina Whitton , Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A UNIVERSITY-WIDE OUTREACH PROGRAM TO PROMOTE SAFE TISSUE CULTURE PRACTICES (ID #25)
Christopher Aston , Columbia University, NYC, New York, United States

ADVANCING BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY IN OUR NATION’S LABORATORIES (ID #26)
Chris N. Mangal , Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO GRAM STAINS: INTRODUCING BIOLOGICAL SAFETY TO THE NEXT GENERATION (ID #27)
Lolly R. Gardiner , MRIGlobal, Rockville, Maryland, United States

DEVELOPMENT OF A BIORISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TRAINING IN THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER, EGYPT (ID #29)
Mohamed A. Saad , CLEVB, Cairo, Egypt

A TWO COMPONENT APPROACH TO BIOLOGICAL HAZARD SHIPPING TRAINING (ID #31)
Robert Foreman , Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States