Ensuring national biosecurity: institutional biosafety committees

Abstract

Ensuring National Biosecurity: Institutional Biosafety Committees reviews the various responsibilities and associated challenges Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBCs) face and proposes changes that may help improve this system and increase national biosecurity and worker safety. The book provides readers with the necessary information to enhance national biosecurity within the US, EU, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and more. It critically examines major laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines affecting national biosecurity, questioning whether they are currently helping or hurting, and ultimately making recommendations.