Biosafety & Biosecurity Unit
The Biosafety and Biosecurity Unit (BBU) is one of the support units within the Division of National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL), under the Department of Laboratory Services (DLS) tasked with strengthening of biosafety and biosecurity systems not only at the national level but sub-national level as well. Biosafety and Biosecurity was established at NPHL in 2011 as a section to support the reference laboratories based on the fact that there was a need to protect the personnel and the environment from pathogens, chemicals and other potentially hazardous agents in addition to ensuring that there is safe custody of pathogens in laboratories so that they are not used as harmful agents to the population. It has since transformed into a unit that is generally charged with focusing on implementation of Laboratory Quality Management Systems (LQMS) strengthening through training and capacity building of Health Care Workers on Biosafety and Biosecurity at both national and county levels. The unit also provides technical expertise not only to National Public Health Reference laboratories on all matters relating to biosafety and biosecurity but also to counties as well as other institutions and partners implementing laboratory biosafety and biosecurity.
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