Guidelines and reference document repository

This section includes reference texts, guidelines and manuals which we have found interesting, particularly useful or essential.

Biosafety Guidelines

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
IUCN Environmental Law Centre 2003.

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 5th Edition 2007 (English).

Bioseguridad en Laboratorios de Microbiologia y Biomedicina.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 4th Edition 2002 (Spanish).

Laboratory Biosafety Manual.
World Health Organization, 3rd Edition 2005 (English).

Manual de Bioseguridad en el Laboratorio.
World Health Organization, 3rd Edition 2005 (Spanish).

Primary Containment for Biohazards: Selection, Installation and Use of Biological Safety Cabinets.
Department of Health & Human Services, 2nd Edition 2000.

Guidelines for Safe Work Practices in Human and Animal Medical Diagnostic Laboratories.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2012.

Guidelines for Biosafety Laboratory Competency.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2011.

A Practical Guide to Implementing a BSL-2+ Biosafety Program in a Research Laboratory.
E. Gilman Duane, Applied Biosafety 2013.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures 1: personal protective equipment (PPE).
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP) 2: pipettes.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP) 3: sharps.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP) 4: surface decontamination.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP) 5: autoclaves.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP) 6: workflow.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Good Microbiological Practices and Procedures (GMPP) 7: transport.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Biological safety cabinet (BSC) 1: Introduction.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Biological safety cabinet (BSC) 2: Preparatory steps.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Biological safety cabinet (BSC) 3: Best practices for safe usage.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Biological safety cabinet (BSC) 4: Incident management.
World Health Organization Biosafety video series 2005.

Molecular Virology

Protocol for Postmortem Diagnosis of Rabies in Animals by Direct Fluorescent Antibody Testing.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 2016.


Clinical Utility of Viral Load in Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection after Solid Organ Transplantation.
Razonable RR, Clin Microbiol Rev 2013.

Biorepository Science and Biobanking

Best Practices for Repositories I: Collection, Storage, and Retrieval of Human Biological Materials for Research
Tnternational Society for Biological & Environmental repositories (ISBER) 2005.

NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
National Cancer Institute 2011.

NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health 2019.

Best Practices for Postmortem Recovery of Normal Human Tissue for Research.
Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute 201o.

Molecular Methods (PCR, RT-PCR).

Molecular Applications: Oligonucleotides, PCR & RT-PCR. Theory and Method Booklet 1

Molecular Virology.

Protocol for Postmortem Diagnosis of Rabies in Animals by Direct Fluorescent Antibody Testing.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 2016.