NALT

Preferred term

biocontainment

Topic

Physical and biological barriers against the spread of potentially hazardous biologically active agents such as bacteria, viruses, recombinant nucleotides, contaminated bio-specimens, etc. Typically involves the use of specialized equipment, facilities, procedures, professional personnel and established protocols.

biosafety

biohazard containment
biologic containment
biological containment

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

55768

Spanish

biocontención
contención biológica

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/132568

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Created 10/30/09, last modified 7/29/20