Understanding Biosafety Levels

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Bio safety levels are a set of bio containment controls that are required to separate the biological agents based on the risk they cause on the environment, and human beings.
These levels are ranked from one to four. Each level has specific controls for containment of biological agents and microbes. The controls are based on the infectivity of the disease, severity of the disease, source of the agent and route of invasion into human body.
These bio safety levels play an important role in designing the facility, safety environment, and laboratory practices.
Each bio safety level has its own standard laboratory practices that one must follow. However, each microbiology laboratory, irrespective of their bio safety level, must follow the basic good laboratory practices.

[@desmay2studios]

BSL1- Cough and no one notices
BSL2- Cough and you get a few stares.
BSL3- Cough and you get quarantined
BSL4-Cough and its brown trousers time

[@ZezimaTruth]

what does brown trousers mean?

[@desmay2studios]

@@ZezimaTruth Brown trousers is a slang term used to describe a situation where someone is so scared that they might defecate in their pants.

[@ZezimaTruth]

@@desmay2studios aaah , thanks

[@bulbasaurwashington5196]

BSL 5
Write your will and enter the lab wearing full protection gear and the room that will be sealed shut in every possible way after you enter it
Science salutes your sacrifice

[@emirbaranceviren6956]

BSL-6
go to the iss DONT think about the world it has begun...

[@Luna-mo4bp]

BSL-7 Is so risky we don't even mess with it.

[@Jtyoutube2467]

They don't excist

[@rintuut]

​@@Luna-mo4bp BSL-8 Go in a Room full pf Capybaras and you have to kill each one with you bare hands

[@Ray76051]

cool, kinda scary but still cool

[@evelynstarl5885]

😂

[@venkattex1]

Crisp and Clear, Short and Sweet, what else to say . thankx Bro.

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

Thank you, sir.

[@rashmiupadhyay204]

Really it's very interesting to learn in short period of time.Please make more videos on such topics🙂

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

Thank you 😊

[@MuhammadSajjad-uo3db]

@@MicrobiologyMantra eweeyeyeyeeyeyeyeiii

[@user-kp6tp4xg6z]

Thanks for the amazing help

[@tasbeehajamil6703]

Amazing video with great information👍

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

Thank you 😊

[@Alagathevictor]

I´m working in a BSL-4 facility. It is under GAPIII and WHO guidelines. We shower out and everything else mensioned

[@mysteriouspikachuman]

respect to you, man

[@bethebest9567]

,
@alagathevictor can u tell me about ur wrk sir

[@Alagathevictor]

@@bethebest9567 Plant engineer in a vaccine company. It is called AJ Vaccines and is located in Copenhagen

[@soumyadeepsarkar2504]

@@Alagathevictor currently working in bsl2 lab but its a dream to shift to bsl3

[@rintuut]

​​@@soumyadeepsarkar2504how did you get in that work
What shool diploma you have
And what Training job did you had first tonget there ect.

[@divyanshisalgotra9607]

Thanks...very helpful 😊

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

Thank you

[@muskanqureshii4778]

A big Thankx for this best video
its really easy to understand the levels clearly thnkx again nd share more nd more videoz as like as these😊😊

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

Thank you 😊

[@environmenthealthsafetysfs8093]

Thank you for putting this together. I very succinct overview off the biosafety levels.

[@markanthony1004]

I’ve only been in a 1-3 for Decons and Certifications. Need my NSF for BSL 4

[@babluestar9801]

Well explained, thank you sir

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

👍

[@irfanchohan2947]

Good job

[@tylertrickett9863]

Thank you 👍

[@wajidmazari219]

Nice 😘

[@Om_Parmar]

Thank you!!!

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

👍😊

[@jaymcconnell3840]

Thank you.

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

🙏👍

[@pavlekovacevic1676]

I have question,if some dangerours disease gets out of its container is there self destruct button in level 4 buildings?

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

No much idea. To my understanding, the laboratory is managed in such a way that they don’t see such problems.
Good question though.

[@markarca6360]

What about auto-quarantine?

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

That’s great 👍

[@user-xq2wm7pu1m]

Thanks 💜

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

Thank you

[@dhrutikadabhi2819]

Thank you..

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

👍

[@stassji5041]

I today managed level 3 disease. 😋 #Hella'fun 😂

[@thehexedcoin1517]

same
although i disposed of one (or more) and it was at home.
lol

[@user-tn8gh7nh6b]

❤❤❤

[@hymnkwan8756]

Can you consider this a risk assessment?

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

No. I guess it’s more like a risk categorisation.

[@hymnkwan8756]

@@MicrobiologyMantra thanks!

[@imranhakeem8966]

Who's here for Microbiology practical session tomorrow?✋

[@PuffleFuzz]

Oh god. Microsoft Sam

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

@MicrobiologyMantra

[@ZeeshanAhmadKha9]

Good luck

[@MLT56fehfigstkjgfoo]

👍

[@the-official9521]

Working in BSL 2

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

👍

[@mdshakilroky7033]

[@sajidhasanhalsana3687]

(Thanks)^10000000

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

👍

[@shinsqlvr]

I wanna be I virologist since I was a kid

[@ceebaiiii]

lecturer microb suruh saya tnegok dan saya sedang tengok

[@pickle2654]

my kitchen is level 5

[@magecricket2126]

in the level 4 of biohazard it can sometimes be so bad that humans turn into zombies as in the infection in left for dead and left for dead 2

[@BritBoundDiaries]

Does this mean Covid-19 falls under BSL4?

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

COVID-19 is handled in a BSL 2 laboratory with BSL 3 precautions. Please visit the link for info.
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html

[@ecor150]

Lol, corona ain't that deadly

[@winonaponcespeaks]

why are people asking if a virus with .004% mortality rate be classified under the same lab as ebola which fatality rate is 90%

[@venkattex1]

@@winonaponcespeaks to the point. 👍

[@sumonmollah9847]

Now bsl 4 is covid 19

[@MicrobiologyMantra]

As per guidelines diagnostic testing for CoViD 19 is allowed in BSL2 labs, and for viral isolation, BSL3 labs are recommended.

[@themoon2232]

Microbiology Mantra I believe it the only reason it is not BSL 4 is because it is already widely spread among the population. Once the pandemic ends I wouldn’t be surprised if it is upgraded to BSL 4.

[@ecor150]

@Molebo Gumbo corona is here to stay globally like the flu, doubt it will ever reach level 4.

[@lostconflict9369]

@@themoon2232 maximum BSL3. But corona isn't that dangerous.

[@jascels.b.official5580]

What BSL does Covid-19 belong?

[@livingearth4166]

Go bit slow