Safety in cell and tissue culture

There has been a growing awareness in recent years of the need for safe and regulated handling of biological materials in order to prevent health hazards and environmental contamination.

Although individual governments have their own regulations, there is no comprehensive guide to safe laboratory practice.

This book provides practical information for the routine handling of cell and tissue culture, giving guidelines on the setting up of safe laboratory practice and details of the national and international regulations covering the safe handling of biological materials.

The book should be useful reading for laboratory workers who routinely handle cell cultures in industrial, university, government and hospital laboratories (microbiologists and medical researchers).

It should also be of interest to laboratory managers, safety officers, training officers, regulatory officials and those responsible for the safe handling and transport (national and international) of biological materials.