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Principles of good microbiological practice
• Disinfection of all germ-contaminated materials before they are removed from
the worktable.
• Constant vacuum in the work area.
• Reduction of the germ quantity in the exhaust air by suited measures, e.g.
HEPA filters.
The following general directives apply to the handling of humanopatho-
genic and livestock-pathogenic biological agents:
• For handling humanopathogenic biological agents, a permission according
to the German Federal Epidemic Act is required.
• For the handling of livestock epidemic germs, a permission in accordance
with the German Livestock Epidemic Act and Livestock Epidemic Germ Di-
rective is required.
• Pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers must not handle infectious hu-
manopathogenic biological agents or materials containing these agents.
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To be applied accordingly to cell cultures.
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Manufacturers‘ references are published in the information bulletins “Safe Che-
mical Working” of the German chemical industry’s trade association and of the
German trade association for health and welfare service and also on demand
by the inspection office of the expert commission “Health and Welfare Service”.
The commission can be contacted at the trade association for health and wel-
fare service, Pappelallee 35-37, D-2000 Hamburg
Reference: Notice B003, Issue 1/92 – ZH 1/343 of the trade association of the
German chemical industry, published by Jedermann Verlag, Postfach 103140,
D-69O21 Heidelberg.
