{"id":2103,"date":"2022-06-10T12:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T07:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/blog\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:53:55","slug":"risk-group-classification-for-biosafety-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/blog\/risk-group-classification-for-biosafety-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk Group Classification for Biosafety Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1594037823219{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<h1 class=\"boc_heading  al_left  \"  style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;margin-top: 0px;color: #333;\"><span>Risk Group Classification for Biosafety Facilities<\/span><\/h1>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laboratory biosafety through appropriate containment is a fundamental part of any biological research. In India, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is responsible for administrating development and commercialisation in the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the important DBT guidelines cover the assessment of risk(s) associated with the organisms and their classification to appropriate risk groups based on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pathogenicity of the organism towards humans\/animals\/plants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modes of transmission and host range of the organism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Availability of effective preventive treatments or curative medicines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capability to cause epidemics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The infective microorganisms can be classified into four risk groups that allow selection of appropriate biosafety level facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Related Link: <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/blog\/designing-a-laboratory-safety-and-regulatory-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Designing A Laboratory Safety And Regulatory Requirements<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table class=\"fortuna_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Risk Group<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RG 1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A microorganism that is unlikely to cause human\/ animal\/plant disease.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RG 2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A microorganism that can cause disease in human \/animal\/ plant but the<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">laboratory exposures may or may not cause serious infection to individual<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and risk(s) of spread of infection is limited.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RG 3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A microorganism that usually causes serious\/lethal human\/ animal\/ plant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disease but does not ordinarily spread from one infected individual to another.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RG 4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A microorganism that usually causes serious\/lethal human\/ animal\/ plant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disease and that can be readily transmitted from one individual to another, directly or indirectly.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: \u201cRegulations and Guidelines on Biosafety of Recombinant, DNA Research and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biocontainment, 2017\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kewaunee offers a complete range of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/biosafety-laboratories.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">microbiological laboratory services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ranging from risk assessment to turnkey services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also Check: <span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/esg-consulting.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esg consulting<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1594037823219{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Laboratory biosafety through appropriate containment is a fundamental part of any biological research. 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