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Assessing the Biosafety Precaution Measures and Their Application in Veterinary Research Laboratories and Clinics Across Three Egyptian Governorates

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Veterinary Parasitology & Microbiology

Abstract

Biosafety precaution measures and their application among veterinary laboratories and clinics are crucial in order to safeguard researchers, veterinarians, and technicians from laboratory-acquired infections. This work was designated to assess the status of veterinary labs, clinics, and research institutes' biosafety and security protocols and the level of awareness and use of biosafety practices among researchers, veterinarians, and technicians in the three regions under investigation. In addition, staff should be aware of waste management practices. A structural questionnaire (n=84) was administered to respondents to obtain all data from respondents across targeted research labs belonging to universities, colleges, research institutes, and veterinary clinics about routine laboratory work and practices such as sampling collection and processing, knowledge of laboratory biosafety, availability and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), attitude towards and use of standard laboratory practices, as well as disposal of biological waste. Results evaluating biosafety precautionary measures in the three occupational categories clarified that 28 out of 41 labs of universities were uncategorized (68.2%), besides research institute labs (57.1%) and veterinary clinics (52.7%). The majority of waste disposal types in veterinary laboratories were biological waste (54.2%). Meanwhile, the highest percentage of waste disposal types in veterinary clinics was pathological waste (58.3%). In laboratories, 62.5% of the respondents had moderate knowledge about biosafety measures, and 50.0% in veterinary laboratories. In conclusion, improvement of biosafety and biosecurity protocols is needed to guarantee the health and safety of researchers, veterinarians, workers, their environment, and efficient responses to proper management of hazardous wastes.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.267249.1818

Keywords

Veterinary laboratory, Biosafety levels, Biosecurity measures, Veterinary clinics, Bio-hazardous wastes

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El Bably

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Hygiene, Zoonoses and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

Email

drelbably97@yahoo.com

City

Beni-Suef

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First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

N.

Affiliation

Department of Hygiene, Zoonoses and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

Email

asmadel82@yahoo.com

City

Beni-Suef

Orcid

0000-0002-7021-5520

First Name

Manar

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Bahaa El Din

Affiliation

Department of Hygiene, Zoonoses and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt.

Email

dr.manarbahaa@yahoo.com

City

Beni-Suef

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First Name

Dina

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Hygiene, Zoonoses and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, 62511, Beni-Suef, Egypt.

Email

dina.abdalaa@vet.bsu.edu.eg

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Receive Date

2024-02-02

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2024-08-07

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1

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9

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1110-0222

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2357-089X

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140

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessing the Biosafety Precaution Measures and Their Application in Veterinary Research Laboratories and Clinics Across Three Egyptian Governorates

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Created At

23 Dec 2024