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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > animal and human health > human health and safety > biosafety
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > human health and safety > biosafety
Preferred Term:

biosafety

Definition:
Biosafety is the application of safety precautions that reduce a laboratorian’s risk of exposure to a potentially infectious microbe and limit contamination of the work environment and, ultimately, the community.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
human health and safety
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17514
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2020-07-29
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