biosafety level 1

Edge evidence

• low pathogen hazard produces biosafety level 1 METPO:2000202

  Low pathogen hazard yields BSL-1 classification.

  • DOI:10.1146/annurev.micro.62.081307.162938 virulence factors Supports the absence of virulence factors as the basis of BSL-1 classification.
• biosafety level 1 is a biosafety level rdfs:subClassOf

  BSL-1 is a quantitative class within the biosafety-level classification axis.

  • DOI:10.1146/annurev.micro.62.081307.162938 virulence factors Supports BSL-1 as a member of the biosafety-level classification.
• low-risk agent qualifies for biosafety level 1

  Low-risk agents unlikely to cause disease in healthy adults qualify for BSL-1.

  • DOI:10.3390/laboratories1030013 BSL-1 is the level for low-risk agents unlikely to cause disease in healthy adults.
• low pathogen hazard qualifies for biosafety level 1

  Organisms not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adults qualify for BSL-1.

  • DOI:10.2172/1887109 Defined strains of viable microorganisms not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans.
• standard microbiological practices enables containment at biosafety level 1

  Standard microbiological practices provide the basic containment defining BSL-1.

  • DOI:10.47328/ufvbbt.2024.220 BSL-1 represents a basic level of containment relying on standard microbiological best practices and procedures.
• hand washing is good microbiological practice supporting standard microbiological practices

  Hand washing is among the best good microbiological practices underpinning standard practices.

  • DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.965853 Among GMPP, one of the best practices is hand washing.
• biosafety risk assessment factors determine biosafety level selection

  Risk assessment factors determine the biosafety level assigned to work.

  • DOI:10.2172/1887109 Pathogenicity, route of transmission, stability, infectious dose, concentration, origin, prophylaxis, and personnel experience determine biosafety level.
• biosafety level selection assigns biosafety level

  The selection process assigns a biosafety level on the classification axis.

  • DOI:10.2172/1887109 Risk assessment factors determine risk and therefore biosafety level assignment.
• specific virulence traits enables disease causation RO:0002327

  Specific virulence traits render an organism capable of causing disease; their absence is compatible with BSL-1.

  • DOI:10.3390/microorganisms11020344 Strains encode specific virulence traits that render them capable of causing disease.