LABORATORY DESIGN FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY

Duration: 34 min

Year Published: 1966

Creator: National Medical Audiovisual Center (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Stresses the need for safety measures in the design of infectious disease laboratories. Describes and illustrates some of the principal building features and devices used to provide effective microbiological containment. The concept of primary and secondary barries in preventing escape and spread of micro-organisms is discussed.