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Document ID (ISN)68478
CIS number 97-20
ISSN - Serial title 0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail
Year 1996
Convention or series no.
Title Order of 13 August 1996 establishing the technical preventive measures (in particular, isolation) to be introduced in industry and research and teaching laboratories where workers are at risk of exposure to biological agents [France]
Original title Arrêté du 13 août 1996 fixant les mesures techniques de prévention, notamment de confinement, à mettre en œuvre dans les industries et les laboratoires de recherche et d'enseignement où les travailleurs sont... exposés à des agents biologiques pathogènes [France] [in French]
Bibliographic information 4th Quarter 1996, No.68, p.361-364; also in: Journal officiel de la République française, 7 Sep. 1996, p.13379-13382.
Abstract This order applies to the protection of workers exposed to biological hazards classified into groups 2,3 and 4 in industry, agriculture and research and teaching laboratories. In annexes: tables outlining the minimum technical and confinement measures to be introduced, depending on the nature of the establishment (laboratory, industrial or agricultural site).
Descriptors (primary) France; pathogenic bacteria; biological protection; biological hazards; safe working methods; containment
Descriptors (secondary) law; biosafety cabinets
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Ionizing radiation
Biological hazards