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Laboratory Biorisk Management: Biosafety and Biosecurity

[Laboratory Biorisk Management]

This book introduced the concept of biorisk management that encompasses both biosafety and biosecurity. The basis for this paradigm is a three-pronged, multi-disciplinary model of assessment, mitigation, and performance (the AMP model).

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The Laboratory Biorisk Management: Biosafety and Biosecurity is a book that introduces the concept of biorisk management that encompasses both biosafety and biosecurity. It discusses practical information and tools that laboratory managers would need to implement biorisk management, including risk assessment, facility design and controls, mitigation measures, training and more. The basis for the biorisk management paradigm outlined is a three-pronged, multi-disciplinary model of assessment, mitigation, and performance (the AMP model). The application of the methodologies, criteria, and guidance outlined in the book helps to reduce the risk of laboratories becoming the sources of infectious disease outbreaks. 

The book was published by Sandia National Laboratories in 2015. Sandia National Laboratories is a defense research contractor for the United States government that is owned by a private company. The book was edited by Reynolds Salerno, a senior manager for Biological Sciences and Technologies at Sandia, and Jennifer Gaudioso, the Director of the Computation and Analysis for the National Security Center at Sandia, and is available in English. The book must be purchased to access.