62nd Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Conference
Posters
BIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (ID# 1) (PDF, 21MB)
Thomas Licker III, American Bio Recovery Association, Washington, DC
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A MAN DOWN IN A HIGH CONTAINMENT LABORATORY (ID# 2)
Michael Perry, Melissa D’Amico, Corey Bennett, Dominick Centurioni, David Hill, Christina Egan, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
FIRE IN AN ABSL-3 AUTOCLAVE (ID# 4) (PDF, 1MB)
Kalpana Patel, Maureen Thompson, Yerkes National Research Primate Center, Atlanta, G
ASSESSMENT OF THE INSTANT POT FOR SUITABILITY IN STERILIZING MOBILE LABORATORY BIOHAZARDOUS WASTE (ID# 5)
Sharon Altmann, Brendan Karlstrand, Mar P. Mar, Scott Shearrer, Lolly Gardiner, MRIGlobal, Gaithersburg, MD
MYTHS AND TALES ABOUT BIOSAFETY CABINETS IN MENA REGION (ID# 6) (PDF, 1MB)
Ayman Youssef Morsy, Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production, Giza, Egypt
BIOSAFETY CABINET CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA (ID# 7) (PDF, 1MB)
Sarah Young, Sherrie Staley, Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, MD
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A BIOSECURITY PROGRAM IN THE LABORATORY DIRECTORATE OF JORDAN (ID# 9) (PDF, 8MB)
Ghaya Alwahdanee, Central Public Health Lab, Amman, Jordan
David Gillum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
AN INTRODUCTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BIOSECURITY TO THE SECURITY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL AT PENDIK VETERINARY CONTROL INSTITUTE (VCI) IN ISTANBUL TURKEY (ID# 10) (PDF, 4MB)
Orbay Sayi, Pendik Veterinary Control Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
Heather Blair, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
APPLIED BIORISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN VETERINARY MEDICINE IN VIETNAM (ID# 11) (PDF, 2MB)
Hien Le Thanh, Toan Nguyen Tat, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL ANTHRAX FOCI ACCORDING TO THEIR DEGREE OF HAZARD DEPENDING ON THE AGE AND METHOD OF BURIAL (ID# 12)
Uinkul Izbanova, Larissa Lukhnova, Yerlan Sansyzbayev, Dinara Turegeldiyeva, Kazakh Science Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Achmetzhan Sultanov, Vlada Suschikh, Kazakh Scientific Research Veterinary Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
BIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN A 3RD REFERENCE HUMAN HEALTH FACILITY WITH THREE DEFFERENT TOOLS (ID# 13)
Boubacar Sidiki Ibrahim Drame, Hospitalo-Universitary Center Hopital du Mali, Bamako, Mali
LOSS OF GLOVE INTEGRITY DURING ANIMAL CARE PROVIDERS DAILY TASKS (ID# 14)
Thomas Boyle, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ
Brian Boyle, Lenape High School, Medford, NJ
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BIORISK TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE CONTAINMENT LABORATORY STAFF OF THE KASR AL AINI HOSPITAL FOR ASSURING THE SAFE AND SECURE HANDLING OF HIGH-RISK PATHOGENS (ID# 15)
Mona Wassef, Kasr Al Aini Hospital—University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Luis Alberto Ochoa Carrera, Institute for Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference, Mexico CIty, Mexico
BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY OPERATIONAL PLANNING: METHODOLOGY FOR BLENDING DESIGN AND OPERATIONS (ID# 16) (PDF, 2MB)
Ryan N. Burnette, Merrick & Company, Arlington, VA
VALIDATION OF INACTIVATION PROCEDURES FOR BACILLUS ANTHRACIS (ID# 17) (PDF, 227KB)
Mila Cohen, John B. Bowzard, Michele C. Howard, Julie M. Villanueva, Jennifer Thomas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
BURKHOLDERIA AND BRUCELLA SPECIES INACTIVATION PROCEDURE VALIDATION (ID# 18) (PDF, 2MB)
Laurel T. Jenkins, Nazia Kamal, James Mock, Michele Howard, Jennifer Thomas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
TEACHING SAFETY TWO HANDS AT A TIME (ID# 19) (PDF, 2MB)
Kochurani Jacob, Judith McBride, University of Alabama—Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
CHANGING THINGS UP: TRAINING CAN BE FUN (ID# 20) (PDF, 639KB)
Kimberly DiGiandomenico, Erin Straley, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Jonathan Harris, BSI EHS Services and Solutions, Reston, VA
A TWO-COMPONENT APPROACH TO BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS SHIPPING TRAINING: AN UPDATE (ID# 21) (PDF, 57MB)
Robert Foreman, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
ASSESSMENT & IMPACT OF BIORISK MANAGEMENT COURSE IN RAISING AWARENESS AMONGSTUDENTS ENROLLED FOR M.PHIL. & PHD PROGRAM AT BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE, JINNAH POST GRADUATE MEDICAL CENTER KARACHI, PAKISTAN (ID# 22) (PDF, 2MB)
Shamsul A. Qasmi, Mehvish Zafar, Karachi Institute of Medical Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Sarmad Pirzada, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
EU CBRN COE PROJECT 67 CBRN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH-EAST AND EASTERN EUROPE (ID# 23) (PDF, 2MB)
Thomas Pottage, Allan M. Bennett, Public Health England, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Hendrik Visser, Sustainable Criminal Justice Solutions, Southampton, United Kingdom
NEW HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS AT LMA LABORATORY NETWORK IN GEORGIA (ID# 25) (PDF, 2MB)
Anna Kekelidze, Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tbilisi, Georgia
SATISFACTION SURVEY ON THE APPLICATION OF CWA 15793 IN LABORATORIES OF MOHAMMED 5 HOSPITAL—RABAT, MOROCCO (ID# 26) (PDF, 827KB)
Tahar Bajjou, Idriss Lahlou Amine, Yassine Sekhsokh, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed 5, Mohammed 5 University, Rabat, Morocco
KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE GAP AMONG NURSING GRADUATES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KARACHI (ID# 27) (PDF, 2MB)
Ambreen A. Alwani, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
THE CONTAINMENT MEASURES TO OVERCOME A CHALLENGE OF BIO-MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CLEVB (ID# 28) (PDF, 608KB)
Maged Mounir Ibrahim, Central Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics, Cairo, Egypt
NEEDLE STICK AND SHARP OBJECTS INJURIES INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL GUIDELINES AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS (ID# 29)
Dalia Mohsen Abd El Mageed, Rawhia M. Dogham, Animal Health Research Institute, Inaya Medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
QUANTITATIVE RESPIRATOR FIT TESTING AND PREDICTION OF RESPIRATOR SIZE IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN RESPIRATOR USERS (ID# 30) (PDF, 330KB)
David Kgetsa Rangongo, National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa
IMPROVING CHEMICAL SAFETY IN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES AT INSTITUT NATIONAL D’HYGIÈNE, RABAT, MOROCCO (ID# 31) (PDF, 2MB)
Mark Francis Wheatley, Defra, London, United Kingdom
Nezha Barakate, Institut National D’Hygiène, Rabat, Morocco
KAP SURVEY OF DISINFECTION PROCESSES IN CENTRAL AND REGIONAL VETERINARY LABORATORIES IN ARMENIA (ID# 32)
Vahan Hovhannisyan, Perch Tumanyan, Hrant Danelyan, Food Safety Inspection Body Under the Government of the Republic of Armenia, Republican Veterinary-Sanitary and Phytosanitary Laboratory Services Center, Reference Laboratory for Especially Dangerous Pathogens, Yerevan, Armenia
POST APPROVAL MONITORING: A PROGRAM AT UNL TO ASSIST PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WITH MAINTAINING RESEARCH COMPLIANCE (ID# 33) (PDF, 4MB)
Charles Murrieta, Matthew Anderson, Farida Ebrahim, Brenda Osthus, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
FACTORS INFLUENCING BEHAVIORAL BIOSAFETY WHEN MANAGING BIOMEDICAL WASTES (ID# 34)
Rawan B. Khasawneh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NONCONFORMING EVENTS REPORTING TOOL TO ENHANCE SAFETY OVERSIGHT (ID# 35) (PDF, 643KB)
Genevieve Langley, Laurence Briesach, Booz Allen Hamilton, Atlanta, GA
Debra Kuehl, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
PREDICTING BIORISK ASSESSMENT OF RECENT HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN LIVE BIRD MARKET IN EGYPT (ID# 36)
Ahmed M. Helal, Central Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics, Cairo, Egypt
IMPROVING THE BIORISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG LABORATORY STAFF AT THE VETERINARY CONTROL CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE ANKARA, TURKEY (ID# 37)
Tahsin Onur Kevenk, Veterinary Control Central Research Institute, Ankara, Turkey
Rhonda W. O’Keefe, The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
Patrick Condreay, Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Durham, NC
BIORISK MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL FOR LABORATORIES IN MALI (ID# 38) (PDF, 2MB)
Kadiatou Dao, M. Fomba, A. Kone, F. Sidibe, M. Baby, National Institute of Public Health Research, Bamako, Mali
Betsy Matos, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
CREATION OF A BIORISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE TANZANIA VETERINARY LABORATORY AGENCY (ID# 40) (PDF, 2MB)
Zachariah Makondo, Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Benjamin Fontes, Yale University EHS, New Haven, CT
ESTABLISHING AND SUSTAINING A BIOHAZARD INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROGRAMME (ID# 41) (PDF, 356KB)
Sharon Master, Masthead Lab Solutions, Albuquerque, NM
A TALE OF 2 IBC’S—ONE UNIVERSITY, TWO IBC’S (ID# 42) (PDF, 497KB)
Susan L. Mayo, Sheryl Major, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, CA
DEVELOPMENT OF A HARMINIZED IBC REVIEW PROGRAM AMONG RESEARCH SAFETY COMMITTEES AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (ID# 43)
Artur Slupianek, Richard Mettus, Frank Baglia, Sabina Khan, Lanping Hao, Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NIH BIOSURETY PROGRAM IN TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH SECTION IN NIH (ID# 44)
Patricia Tsang, National Insitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF THE LABORATORY WASTE HANDLING PROCESS AT CDC (ID# 45) (PDF, 1MB)
Max R. Schroeder, Carin DeBenedictis, Penny Thompson, Paul Meechan, Carolyn Black, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPROVING BIOSAFETY IN LABORATORY ANIMAL FACILITIES BY USING DIFFERENT DISINFECTANT (ID# 46)
Rafik Hamed Sayed, Central Laboratory for Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics, Cairo, Egypt
DUKE AGGREGATE REPORTING TOOL (DART); DEVELOPMENT OF AN INJURY TRACKING DATABASE SPECIFIC TO THE ANIMAL HOUSING AND RESEARCH LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT AND UTLILZING DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS FOR PROACTICE SAFETY TRAINING EFFORTS (ID# 47)
Robin Kirwan, Nicole Greeson, Courtney V. Stanion, Matthew A. Stiegel, Antony Schwartz, Gary M. Tencer, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC
TRAINING INTERVENTION FOLLOWING EXPOSURE INCIDENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES IN SOUTH AFRICA (ID# 48) (PDF, 2MB)
Anastasia Natasha Trataris-Rebisz, Jennifer Rossouw, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
Michelle Morgan, David Jones, National Institute for 0ccupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa
LouAnn Burnett, Sandia National Laboratories, Alburqueque, NM
CASE STUDY: DECONTAMINATION OF A PC2 CELL CULTURE LABORATORY IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING (ID# 49) (PDF, 1MB)
Brett Cole, Biosafety Pty Ltd, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
THERMAL INACTIVATION OF HAZARDOUS BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN ANIMAL CARCASSES (ID# 50) (PDF, 3MB)
Benjamin Bartram-Sitzius, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
ASSESSMENT THE EFFICIENCY OF DISINFECTANT USED IN DECONTAMINATION ACTIVITIES IN CLEVB (ID# 51)
Nermin M. Hodhod, Amal M. El Sawah, Fouad Al Tahan, Abd Alhakim Ali, Central Laboratory For Evaluation of Veterinary Biologics, Cairo, Egypt
INVESTIGATIONS INTO AN ALTERNATIVE GASEOUS DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGY TO FORMALDEHYDE FOR USE WITHIN THE LABORATORY SETTING (ID# 52)
Thomas Pottage, Helen Rickard, Simon R. Parks, Allan M. Bennett, Public Health England, Salisbury, United Kingdom