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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007

8:30 - 9:35am

Session I: WEDUM LECTURE

Introduction: Dan Liberman, PhD

BIOSAFETY, PAST AND FUTURE(PDF 3.6MB)
Manny Barbeito, Retired Certified Biological Safety Professional, Past President, and Charter Member of ABSA
Dr. Nicoletta Previsani, World Health Organization (WHO)

9:40 - 9:55am

Session II: SPECIAL AWARDS

Presenter: Robert J. Hawley, PhD, RBP, CBSP

ARNOLD G. WEDUM DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

EVERETT J. HANEL, JR., AWARD PRESENTATION

JOHN H. RICHARDSON SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

ABOUT CREATION OF NATIONAL SYSTEM OF MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BACTERIAL PATHOGENS AND BIOLOGICAL SAFETY IN KAZAKHSTAN (ID #106)
Larissa Nekrassova, Eugenievna, Kazakhstan; Tatyana Meka-Mechenko, Bakyt Atshabar, Alim Aikimbayev, Mazgutovich, Kazakhstan

IMPLEMENTATION OF A SAFETY-ENGINEERED SHARPS INITIATIVE AT A LARGE RESEARCH INSTITUTION (ID #107)(PDF 104KB)
Lesley Homer, Tara Balonick, Mark DiNardo, Heather Peffer, Dana Roolf, Jay Frerotte, Lawrence Milchak, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

INTRODUCTION OF SAFETY IV CATHETER NEEDLES: A FOUR-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE (ID #110)
Dimitri Sossai, Luca Chiapparoli, AnaMaria Polimeni, Laila Ruzza, A.O.U. San Martino SPP Genova, Italy

FRONT LINE DIAGNOSIS OF SUSPECT PATHOGENS—DESIGN OF A RURAL CL-3 LABORATORY AS EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING CL-2 AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY (ID #114)
Bob (Robert) Henry, Stantec Consulting, Edmonton, AL, Canada

ESTABLISHING A CAMPUS BIOSAFETY PRESENCE (ID #116)
Marcia Finucane, Brandy Nelson, Clarissa Cowan, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

“COLD” PLASMA AND BIOSAFETY (ID #117)
Vasily Kholodenko, Vladimir Chugunov, Eugenii Kobzev, Ivan Dyatlov, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russia

EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSAFETY STRUCTURED INTO THE STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (ID #118)
Ivan Dyatlov, Vasily Kholodenko, Eugenii Kobzev, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russia

VARIATION IN A BSC EXHAUST CANOPY PERFORMANCE WITH INCREMENTAL CHANGES IN THE GAP AREA (ID #122)
David Phillips, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Exton, PA

APPLICATION OF AUTOCLAVES IN THE TREATMENT OF MEDICAL WASTE (ID #124)
Ira Salkin, Information from Science, LLC, West Sand Lake, NY; Timothy Barrett, On-Site Sterilization, Pottstown, PA; Edward Krisiunas, WNWN International, Inc., Burlington, CT; Shawn Doyle, Sterilator, Inc., Cuba, NY

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STANDARDIZED BIOSAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR A PROVINCIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY (ID #127)
Aurel Tamburri, Ingrid Abbott-Permell, Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Laboratories, Toronto, ON, Canada

LAB ANIMAL ALLERGY SURVEILLANCE AT A PRIVATE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THREE DISSIMILAR ANIMAL RESEARCH FACILITIES (ID #133)
Becky Langer, Paul Muraca, Baylor College of Medicine—Houston, Houston, TX; Jeffrey Feinberg, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX

LABOUR EXPOSURE IN BIOTERIOS, DESIGN AND CONTROL (ID #134)
Esteban Villarroel Cantillana, Departamento de Ingeniería Ocupacional, Asociación Chilena de Seguridad, Chile

RISK ASSESSMENT OF AEROSOLIZED BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL WITHIN A BIOFERMENTOR FACILITY (ID #135)
James Henry, Lee Old, Muralidhar Reddipari, Richard Heath, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION OF WASTE IN AUTOCLAVE (ID #144)(PDF 264KB)
Katsuaki Shinohara, Kazuyoshi Sugiyama, Hirotaka Takagi, National Institutes of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Takeshi Kurata, Toyama Institute of Health, Imizu, Toyama, Japan; Sadashi Tukui, Tomy Kogyo Co. Ltd., Wako, Saitama, Japan; Kazutoshi Kogure, Hitachi Appliance, Inc., Minato, Tokyo, Japan

AN RFID-TAGGED INVENTORY SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF SELECT AGENT STOCKS (ID #145)
Andrew Hill, Michael Stubbington, Nigel Silman, Allen Roberts, Timothy Brooks, Center for Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

STUDYING OF YERSINIA PESTIS BIODIVERSITY USING VNTR-PCR (ID #149)
Sergey V. Balakhonov, Anti-Plague Research Institute, Irkutsk, Russia

EPIDIMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE TULAREMIA OUTBREAK IN THE CENTRAL PART OF GEORGIA (ID #160)
Lela G. Bakanidze, Nikoloz Tertsvadze, Paata Imnadze, Shota Tsanava, Merab Kekelidze, Marika Zakalashvili, National Center for Disease Control and Medical Statistics, Tbilisi, GA

INVESTIGATION OF H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK ON THE CASPIAN COAST IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN (ID #161)
A. V. Magai, V. Zeman, K. S. Ospanov, G. T. Kasenova, Republican Sanitary Epidemiological Station, Almaty, Kazakhstan

A NEW APPROACH TO PASS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS BETWEEN TWO CLEAN ROOMS (ID #162)
Robert Lloyd, The Baker Company, Sanford, ME

FINAL COMMISSIONING OF THE REGIONAL BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY (ID #163)
Scott Alderman and Richard Frothingham, Duke University, Durham, NC

VALIDATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VAPOR AS A DECONTAMINANT FOR AN AEROSOL EXPOSURE CHAMBER (ID #166)
Scott Alderman and Richard Frothingham, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

BIOSAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT WIKI (ID #171)
Jacqueline Smith, Susan Caskey, Jennifer Gaudioso, Reynolds Salerno, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

SHOULD VENTILATION AIR BE RE-CIRCULED IN BSL-3 LABORATORIES? (ID #172)
John B. (Joby) Evans, Jr., Merrick and Company, Atlanta, GA

GENETICALLY MODIFIED LIVE PLAGUE VACCINE WITH IMPROVED CHARACTERISTICS TO SAFETY AND IMMUNOGENICITY (ID #173)(PDF 9.8MB)
Valentina Feodorova, Ludmila Pan'kina, Elena Savostina, Lidya Sayapina, Saratov State University, Saratov Region, Russia

AN ASSESSMENT AND COMMISSIONING TEST FOR IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF CONTAINMENT WITHIN MOBILE AND FIXED LABORATORIES (ID #176)
Stan Duarte, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH EDITIONS OF BIOSAFETY IN MICROBIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES (BMBL) (ID #178)
Charles Crews, Constella Group, LLC, Atlanta, GA

FACILITY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPROVED BIOSECURITY USING A VR FACTORS APPROACH (VULNERABILITIES/RISKS) (ID #180)
Mark Huza, Camfil Farr, Columbia, MD

VULNERABILITY AND RISK FACTORS OF TRADITIONAL HEPA FILTER SYSTEMS AS THEY PERTAIN TO HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS (ID #181)
Mark Huza, Camfil Farr, Columbia, MD

OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH CONTAINMENT SECONDARY BARRIER PERFORMANCE AND PROPORTIONATE SITE VALIDATION METHODS (ID #183)
Randy Kray, Jon Crane, CUH2A, Atlanta, GA; Peter Mani, Tecrisk GmBH, Bremgarten, Switzerland

ENHANCING IBC/IACUC COLLABORATION: REFINEMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE ANIMAL CARE AND USE PROTOCOL HAZARD REVIEW PROGRAM FOR LAB ANIMAL RESEARCH (ID #187)(PDF 124KB)
Randina Palmisano, David Dicks, Ben Fontes, Yale University, New Haven, CT

EXERCISES AND DRILLS: IS YOUR BSL-3 READY? (ID #193)
Ejem Ahanotu, Constella Health Sciences, Stone Mountain, GA; Angela Mosley, Sabrina Frank de-bose, Tim Ravita, Constella Health Sciences, Atlanta, GA

NANOPOROUS SILICON SENSOR FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (ID #196)
Gagik Ayvazyan, R&D Center, Yerevan, Armenia; Greg Fey, Canadian Health Center for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

MECHANISMS OF PATHOGENESIS OF BRUCELLA MELITENSIS—A BIO-THREAT AGENT OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE (ID #199)
Humida Nusrat, Shahana Urooj Kazmi, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

BIOSAFETY ENHANCEMENTS FOR RESEARCH WORK WITH HIGHLY DANGEROUS PATHOGENS AT THE FEDERAL STATE INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY “VECTOR” OF ROSPOTREBNADZOR MAXIMUM BIOSAFETY CONTAINMENT FACILITY (ID #202)
E. A. Stavskiy, S. N. Bondarev, E. N. Starkov, Federal State Institution of Science State Research Center, Novosibirsk Region, Russian Federation

BIOSAFETY DURING INVESTIGATION OF AN OUTBREAK OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN KAZAKHSTAN (ID #203)
E. M. Tezekova, National Veterinary Reference Monitoring, Astana, Kazakhstan

SHARPS SAFETY PROGRAM (ID #204)(PDF 120KB)
Richard Brack, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ

10:30 - 11:30am

Session III: GRIFFIN AWARD PRESENTATION AND LECTURE

Introduction: Robert J. Hawley, PhD, RBP, CBSP James Welch, Executive Director, Elizabeth R. Griffin Foundation

10:40 - 11:30am

GRIFFIN LECTURE:
BIOWARFARE AND BIODEFENSE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
James R. Swearengen, DMV, AAALAC International

11:30am - 12:00pm

Session IV: RICHARD KNUDSEN AWARD LECTURER

Introduction: Ira Salkin, PhD

SELECTING THE RIGHT CHEMICAL AGENT FOR DECONTAMINATION OF ROOMS AND CHAMBERS
Mark Czarneski, ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc, Lebanon, NJ

12:45 - 1:40pm

Session V: POSTERS - TBD

Presenters must be present
Moderator: Bob Hashimoto, Meredith Lahr

1:40 - 2:20pm

Session VI: EAGLESON LECTURER

Introduction: Maryann Sondrini

2:20 - 3:20pm

Session VII: SPECIAL TOPICS

Moderator: Cynthia Schwartz

2:20 - 2:40pm

TRACKING RISK AND PROMISES OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (ID# 128)
Nanda Gudderra, M.Sc., M.S., PhD, George Mason University, VA and International Bio-Consultancy (IBC) Paradigm, Germantown, MD.

2:40 - 3:00pm

PROJECT PROGRAMMING AND COMMISSIONING AS A RISK MITIGATION AND THREAT ANALYSIS TOOL (ID# 184)
Michael Weiss, Working Buildings, Atlanta, GA

3:00 - 3:20pm

RE-BIRTH OF AEROBIOLOGY: FLUORESCEIN REVISITED (ID# 105)
Deborah E. Wilson, NIH, Bethesda, MD

3:50 - 6:00pm

Session VIII: REGULATORY ASPECTS

3:50 - 4:10pm

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
ANIMAL BIOSAFETY ISSUES IN BRAZIL
Leila Oda, President, AnBio, Brazil Biosafety Association

4:10 - 4:30pm

SURVEY OF INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEES - 2007 (ID# 177)(PDF 224KB)
Raymond Hackney, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

4:30 - 4:50pm

AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEES (IBCs) IN PROVIDING OVERSIGHT AND BIOSECURITY AT BIOCONTAINMENT LABS (ID# 153)
Margaret Race, SEI Institute, Lafayette, CA; Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, Austin, TX

4:50 - 5:10pm

LABORATORY ACQUIRED VACCINA VIRUS INFECTION (ID# 186)(PDF 192KB)
Ben Fontes, MPH, CBSP, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Tina Agentis, West haven VA Hospital, West Haven, CT

5:10 - 5:30pm

INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF A DEATH BY INHALATIONAL ANTHRAX, ASSOCIATED WITH AFRICAN DRUMS (ID# 147)
Simon Parks, Allan Bennett, Nigel Silman, UK Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury

5:30 - 6:00pm

INVITED PAPER
OSHA PROTECTION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OSHA EFFORTS CONCERNING WORKERS (ID# 197)
Dionne Williams, OSHA, Washington, DC

6:00 - 7:00pm

MEMBERS BUSINESS MEETING
Members Questions and Answers

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007

8:00 - 11:10am

Session IX: ENHANCING BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

8:00 - 8:20am

US DEPT OF DEFENSE BIOLOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM (BTRP) (ID# 210)
Kristofer Sandor, Craig Reed, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvior, VA

8:20 - 8:40am

ESTABLISHEMENT OF A REGIONAL BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURUITY TRAINING CENTER IN KAZAKHSTAN (ID# 123)
Dinara Turegeldiyeva, Bakyt Atshabar, Irina Arakelyan, M. Aikimbayev's Kazakh Science Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Maureen Ellis, Global Partnership Program, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

8:40 - 9:00am

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BIOSECURITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM (ID# 138)
Jason Rao, Kendra Chittenden, Katherine Croft, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction, Department of State, Washington, DC

9:00 - 9:20am

CANADA'S GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM: REDUCING THE THREAT OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND BIOTERRORISM (ID# 111)
Maureen Ellis, Trevor Smith, Global Partnership Program, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

9:20 - 9:40am

BIOSAFETY MODERNIZATION IN AZERBAIJAN (ID# 198)
Shair Gurbanov, Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Health, Azerbaijan

9:40 - 10:00am

UNDERSTANDING CURRENT LABORATORY BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY PRACTICES AROUND THE WORLD (ID# 170)(PDF 280KB)
Jennifer Gaudioso, Susan Caskey, Tamara Zemlo, Sandia National laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

10:30 - 10:50am

IMPROVING BIOSAFETY PRACTICES FOR FOOD SECURITY, HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH IN PAKISTAN (ID# 200)
Shahana Urooj Kazmi, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad and Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

10:50 - 11:10am

INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY BIORISK MANAGEMENT STANDARD DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (ID# 148)
Stefan Wagener, ABSA Representative

11:10 - 12:00pm

Session X: ROUND TABLE:
DISCUSSION OF DUAL-USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN

Moderators: Bob Hashimoto, Consultant, San Francisco, CA; Murray Cohen, Frontline Foundation, Atlanta, GA; David Silberman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

12:00 - 12:30pm

Session XI: INVITED PAPER

THE HISTORY OF THE BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET (BSC) (ID# 182)
Keith Landy, Germfree Laboratories, Ormond Beach, FL

1:30 - 2:25pm

Session XII: POSTERS - TBD

Presenters must be present
Moderator: Bob Hashimoto

2:30 - 5:00pm

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XIII: DECONTAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS

Session XIV: ANIMAL BIOSAFETY CONDISERATIONS

2:30 - 2:50pm

Session XIII
UTILIZING A FLUORESCENT EBOLA ZAIRE (ZEBOV-GFP) VIRUS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECACY OF COMMONLY USED DISINFECTANTS WITHIN A CONTAINMENT LEVEL 3/4 (CL3/4) LABORATORY (ID# 175)
Steven Theriault, Jay Krishnan, Applied Biosafety Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Stefan Wagener, Office of Biorisk Management, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Heinz Feldmann, Special Pathogens Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Session XIV
BUILDING A CAMPUS-WIDE ANIMAL CARE AND USE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM AT A LAND GRANT INSTITUTION (ID# 112)(PDF 280KB)
Sara Myers, Lyndon Goodly, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

2:50 - 3:10pm

Session XIII
CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF EFFLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS (EDS) DESIGN (ID# 101)(PDF 1.3MB)
Joseph Wilson, Brandon Gulley, Luke Wilson, Bio-Response Solutions, Danville, IN

Session XIV
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM FOR ANIMAL CARE WORKERS (ID# 152)
Curt Speaker, Penn State University, University Park, PA

3:10 - 3:30pm

Session XIII
EFFECTIVE USE OF PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR BIOSAFETY PROGRAMS (ID# 125)
Rachel Gamble, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Session XIV
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ABSA BIOSAFETY TRAINING DVD FOR ANIMAL HANDLERS (ID# 185)(PDF 988KB)
Tom Ouimet, Ben Fontes, Yale University Office of Environmental Health & Safety, New Haven, CT; Randina Palmisano, Yale University Animal Resources Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT

4:00 - 4:20pm

Session XIII
STEPS FOR PERFORMING A SUCCESSFUL FACILITY DECONTAMINATION (ID# 109)(PDF 644KB)
Mark Czarneski, Clordisys Solutions, Inc., Lebanon, NJ

Session XIV
DEVELOPING A BSL-3 CERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ANIMAL RESOURCE (ID# 188)(PDF 124KB)
Randina Palmisano, Yale University Animal Resources Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT

4:20 - 4:40pm

Session XIII
USE OF VAPORIZED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FOR DECONTAIMINATION (ID# 120)(PDF 540KB)
Barbara Johnson, Consultant, Herndon, VA; Claire Fritz, Steris Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC

Session XIV
DESIGNING AND PREVENTION PLANNING OF LARGE-SCALE SPILLS IN BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION (ID# 131)(PDF 1.1MB)
Vibeke Halkjaer-Knudsen, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

4:40 – 5:00

Session XIII
EVALUATION OF A READY TO USE BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR VAPOROUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BASED DECONTAMINATION (ID #194)(PDF 672KB)
Jay Krishnan, Canadian Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

6:30 - 11:00pm

BANQUET - WILDHORSE SALOON

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2007

8:00 - 11:40am

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XV: PERSONNEL CONSIDERATIONS

Session XVI: LABORATORY DESIGN

8:00 - 8:20am

Session XV
AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR ASSESSING AEROSOL EXPOSURE RISK FROM HIGH SPEED CELL SORTERS (ID# 140)(PDF 512KB)
Jeff Potts, Gino Benglutti, Kevin Holmes, National Institutes of Health, Arlington, VA

Session XVI
THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS FOR A NEW SMALL ANIMAL LEVEL 3 FACILITY DESIGNED FOR CONTINUOUS OPERATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (ID# 108)(PDF 800KB)
Douglas Griffith, TDV Global, Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Robert Henry, Stantec Consulting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

8:20 - 8:40am

Session XV
BIOSAFETY PRINCIPLES FOR CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INVOLVING A CAUSTATIVE AGENT OF TUBERCULOSIS AT THE SRC FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY (ID# 143)
Evgenii Tjurin, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk

Session XVI
TRANSGENIC PLANT CONTAINMENT FOR LABORATORIES, GROWTH CHAMBERS AND GREENHOUSES (ID# 115)(PDF 1.3MB)
Marcia Finucane, Brandy Nelson, Clarissa Cowan, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

8:40 - 9:00am

Session XV
THE NANOSTATUS (ID# 139)(PDF 824KB)
Nanda Gudderra, M.Sc., M.S., PhD, George Mason University, VA and International Bio-Consultancy (ibc) Paradigm, Germantown, MD.

Session XVI
RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING BSL-3 TO CONDUCT GLP ANIMAL BIOAEROSOL STUDIES (ID# 136)
Debra Sharpe, Mitchell Pate, Julie Muszynski, Thomas Hum, Bowen Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL

9:00 - 9:20am

Session XV
VIRTUAL REALITY - THE FUTURE OF HANDS ON BIOSAFETY TRAINING (ID# 148)
Stefan Wagener, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Myron Semegen, Virtual Reality Centre ITC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Session XVI
SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION OF A SELECT AGENT BSL-3 LABORATORY COMPLEX WITHIN A PLATINUM LEED BUILDING (ID #190)(PDF 1.4MB)
Barbara Fox Nellis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, Robin Shambach, Burnswald Hopkins Architects, Tucson, AZ, Eric Davis, Kitchell Construction, Phoenix, AZ

9:20 - 9:40am

Session XV
USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOSAFETY TRAINING: INCREASING RETENTION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REMOTE LEARNING (ID# 104)
Sean Kaufman, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Session XVI
COMMISSIONING AND CERTIFICATION OF A LARGE HIGH CONTAINMENT FACILITY (ID# 137)
Jeff Potts, National Institutes of Health, Arlington, VA

9:40 - 10:00am

Session XV
RISK ASSESSMENT BASED BIOSAFETY TRAINING (RABBT): THE WHY BEHIND THE WHAT (ID# 102)(PDF 304KB)
Jennifer Danieley, Lolly Gardiner, Robert J. Hawley, Midwest Research Institute, Frederick, MD

Session XVI
STEEL CONTAINMENT BARRIER: FAST CONSTRUCTION, CONTROLLED COST, MEASURABLE QUALITY (ID# 150)(PDF 1.4MB)
Leslie Gartner, Luis Linares, Smith Carter USA, Atlanta, GA

10:30 - 10:50am

Session XV
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN HIGH-CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES: A REVIEW OF THE ALERT TRAINING COURSE (ID# 103)
Sean Kaufman, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Lee Alderman, Consultant, Atlanta, GA; Lee Alderman, Consultant, Atlanta, GA

Session XVI
EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEMS: MATERIAL SELECTION CONSIDERATIONS (ID# 164)(PDF 528KB)
Gordon Handziuk, Gregory Vu, Smith Carter USA, Atlanta, GA

10:50 - 11:10am

Session XV
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS FOR STANDARDIZATION OF A PRODUCT: ALL HAZARD RECEIPT FACILITY ENGINEERING, PROTOCOLS, TOOLS AND OPERATOR COMPETENCE (ID# 151)
Monica Heyl, U.S. Army, Edgewood Chem/Bio Center, APG, MD

Session XVI
VULNERABILITY/RISK (VR) ANALYSIS OF HEPA FILTER SYSTEMS - A FAT APPROACH TO TOAL COST OF OWNERSHIP REDUCTION (ID# 179)
Mark Huza, Camfil Farr, Columbia, MD

11:10 - 11:30am

Session XV
AN INNOVATIVE METHOD OF DELIVERING LABORATORY SAFETY INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS (ID# 121)(PDF 264KB)
Suzanne Krall, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

12:40 - 3:00pm

Session XVII: HISTORICAL ROUND TABLE