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Thread #60863   Message #975358
Posted By: artbrooks
02-Jul-03 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Level 4 Containment - BioShield
Subject: RE: BS: Level 4 Containment - BioShield
McGrath, the US National Institutes of Health actually refers to them as Biosafety Levels, and there are 4. "Bio-containment" is probably the figment of somebody's imagination, based upon reading too much bad science fiction. This is the NIH's definition of Level 4.