Principios de Bioseguridad en laboratorios y demás centros de atención sanitaria

Abstract

Biosecurity is the set of principles, measures, policies, technologies and practices that are applied to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents or their inadvertent release that lead to infections among health care and community personnel. Such practices and procedures include actions and guidelines to protect, control and record biological materials, equipment, training and training of workers, as well as any other data related to the handling of those elements. Bioprotection also refers to the evaluation and control of risks, good practices in the management of biological agents, occupational health and responses to incidents and emergencies. The principles, policies and manuals have been adopted by the health institutions, taking into account the guidelines from international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, and national organizations, such as the ministries responsible for health in the country, the health care institutions themselves, such as hospitals, and laboratories in research or study centers. In this text, information on the principles, policies, procedures and techniques dedicated to ensuring biosafety and bioprotection is collected and systematized through a documentary review of policy documents relating to these measures. The principles of biosecurity formulated by international organizations are today a fundamental aspect in the decisions of national and institutional health agencies, in which biological material is managed that involve important risks for the population