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  • Contact Jenny Thomson or Davorka Bilic, Work Health & Safety Services

BIOLOGICAL SAFETY & INFECTION CONTROL

Biological safety refers to the safe handling of biological materials by means of techniques, equipment and containment conditions to prevent personal, laboratory and environmental exposure to potentially infectious agents or biohazards.


Read about:

  • gene technology
  • microbiology
  • infection control.
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