Project Safety Design

Biological Safety

While performing wet-lab experiments, we are required to commit ourselves to safety in order to minimize the risks posed to both the environment and our teammates, especially when handling potentially hazardous microorganisms. With reference to the general biosafety guidelines (Burnett et. al., 2009) and biological safety manuals from the University Safety Office (USO) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, we maintained biosafety to high standards by strictly abiding by the following principles:

Laboratory Safety

While biological safety protects users and the environment from any potential danger from biological sources, laboratory safety ensures the facilities and working area are used in a proper manner. All of our team members have received and completed lab safety training and core lab induction organized by the USO, which covers safety precautions about biological, chemical and emergency issues. Experienced core lab staff members also provided continuous supervision when we performed experiments using core lab facilities.

References

Burnett, L. C., Lunn, G., & Coico, R. (2009). Biosafety: Guidelines for Working with Pathogenic and Infectious Microorganisms. Current Protocols in Microbiology, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780471729259.mc01a01s13

Office, S. (2023). Home - USEO. Cuhk.edu.hk. https://useo.cuhk.edu.hk/#1