Level is required for work with dangerous and exotic agents…

Level is required for work with dangerous and exotic agents which pose a high individual risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections and life-threatening disease. Members of the lab staff have specific and thorough training in handling extremely hazardous infectious agents; and they understand the primary and secondary containment functions of the standard and special practices, the containment equipment, and the laboratory design characteristics. They are supervised by competent scientists who are trained and experienced in working with the agents mentioned above. The laboratory director strictly controls access to the laboratory. The facility is either in a separate building or in a controlled area within the building, which is completely isolated from all other areas of the building. A specific facility operations manual is prepared or adopted.