Biocontainment laboratories, design

Biocontainment laboratories are special work environments which often require special design and equipment to protect the workers and the experiments. 

The "P" has been replaced with "BSL" or Biosafety Level. There are four biosafety levels which are defined according to a combination of facility design, laboratory practices and techniques, equipment and health and safety controls. It is not practical to try to completely describe all of the features and definitions pertaining to biocontainment laboratories in a chapter dedicated to an overview of design. Therefore, we will concentrate on the elements of building design for "maximum containment" or BSL-4 facilities. 

Bare, A.R. A pressurization strategies for biocontainment. R D Laboratory Design Handbook (11) 59B63, 2006. 

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