Biosecurity and Research: Minimizing Adverse Impacts

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5671, 2004, Pages 687-

  Gaudioso, Jennifer ^a   Salerno, Reynolds M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOSAFETY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; LAW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; TERRORISM; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTERRORISM; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342443165     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096911     Document Type: Short Survey

References (8)

1. CDC's 8th National Symposium on Biosafety, "Biosafety and Biosecurity: A New Era in Laboratory Science," Session 3: Impact of New Regulations, Atlanta, GA, 27 January 2004.
2. "Restricted persons" are defined in the USA PATRIOT Act. Examples that may be contentious include a person dishonorably discharged from the military (this could include a discharge for homosexuality), a person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for greater than 1 year, a person who is a fugitive from justice (such as a Vietnam War draft dodger), and a person from a country listed by the State Department as a sponsor of terrorism.
3. B. R. Bloom, Harvard Mag. 106 (2), 48 (2003).
4. Supplementary Information published in December 2002 in 42 CFR 73.
5. D. H. Silberman, director, Health and Safety Programs, Stanford University School of Medicine, 6 February 2004, personal communication.
6. U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO), Homeland Security: A Risk Management Approach Can Guide Preparedness Efforts (GAO-02-208T, Washington, DC, October 2001).
7. GAO, Combating Bioterrorism: Actions Needed to Improve Security at Plum Island Animal Disease Center (GAO-03-847, Washington, DC, September 2003).
8. More details can be found in J. Gaudioso and R. M. Salerno, "A conceptual framework for biosecurity levels," BTR 2004: United Science and Technology for Reducing Biological Threats and Countering Terrorism-Proceedings, Albuquerque, NM, 18 to 19 March 2004; available at www:biosecurity.sandia.gov/ documents/conceptual-framework-biosecurity-levels.pdf