Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High-Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Board On Life Sciences; Committee To Review The Health And Safety Risks Of High-Biocontainment Laboratories At Fort Detrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309151457 ISBN 13: 9780309151450

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2010

Synopsis

The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, is designed to handle pathogens that cause serious or potentially lethal diseases, which require the research performed on them be contained to specialized laboratories. In 2007 a decision was made to expand those facilities causing concern among area residents that public health and safety risks, and strategies to mitigate those concerns were not adequately considered in the decision to go forward with the expansion. In Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland a group of experts in areas including biosafety, infectious diseases, industrial hygiene, environmental engineering, risk assessment and epidemiology, explored whether measures were being taken to ensure prevention and mitigation of risk to the health and safety of workers and the public. They also assessed whether the procedures and regulations employed meet accepted standards of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.

Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland evaluates the health and safety aspects of the environmental impact statement developed to support the construction of the new laboratories and explores the institute's operating requirements, medical and emergency management response plans and communication and cooperation with the public. The book recommends that USAMRIID continue to set high standards for advancing security, operational, and biosurety measures, and that additional measures be taken to provide assurance that experienced medical professionals are readily available to consult on unusual infectious diseases. It also suggests that USAMRIID expand its two-way communications with the public.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High-Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland
• Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Comparative Evaluation of Procedures and Regulations for Biocontainment Facilities
• 3 Medical and Emergency Management Response
• 4 Review of the USAMRIID Environmental Impact Statement
• 5 Communications and Cooperation with the Public
• References
• Appendix: Biographical Information on the Committee to Review the Health and Safety Risks of High-Biocontainment Laboratories at Fort Detrick

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0309151457
• ISBN 13: 9780309151450
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 86