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To ensure a biosafety management program the tasks of the BSP are:
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Records
- Occupational health provisions and interface with other responsibles such as occupational health physicians or nurses
- Waste management
- Emergency plans and procedures
- Ensure the security of biological agents
- Notifications and permits
- Maintain an up-to-date biosafety program that considers the changes in national and international rules and regulations as well as scientific advances in the field
- Provide guidance on codes, standards and best practices
- Develop and provide training
- Review/audit biosafety management systems, practices and procedures
- Interact with relevant authorities
- Advice on facility design and safety equipment, commissioning and validation
- Review and approval of programs of work, for example new research program, new group
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