INFORMATIONAL SESSION

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Open Forum Discussion

Next steps in the implementation of CWA 15793: Laboratory Biorisk Management Standard Open to all participants. Space is limited.

6:30 - 8:00 pm

OPENING RECEPTION

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

OCTOBER 20-22, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

7:00 - 5:00 am

Registration (Rose A Foyer)

7:00 - 7:45 am

Continental Breakfast (Pavilion)

7:00 - 4:00 am

Exhibits (Pavilion)

7:45 - 7:55 am

Local Arrangements Committee Welcome (Rose Ballroom AB)
Martha McRae; P. Michael Kivistik; Aurali Dade

7:55 - 8:05 am

Scientific Program Committee Welcome (Rose Ballroom AB)
Barbara Fox Nellis

8:05 - 8:25 am

President's Address (Rose Ballroom AB) Christina Z. Thompson

Session I: GRIFFIN LECTURE AWARD

(Rose Ballroom AB)

8:30 - 9:10 am

Introduction: Caryl Griffin
ANIMAL BIOSAFETY: DEVELOPING THE TECHNICIAN WORKFORCE—AALAS ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT
Nicole Duffee, American Association for Laboratory Science (AALAS), Memphis, TN

Session II: WEDUM LECUTRE AWARD PRESENTATION

(Rose Ballroom AB)

9:10 - 9:50 am

Introduction: Barbara Johnson INTEGRATION OF A GLOBAL BIOSAFETY COMMUNITY—OVERCOMING BIOSAFETY CHALLENGES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
TeckMean Chua, Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association, Singapore

9:50 - 10:20 am

EXHIBITS, POSTERS, AND COFFEE BREAK (Pavilion)

Session III: TRAINING

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Heather Sheeley

10:20 - 10:50 am

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE EMORY UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR BIOSAFETY PROFESSIONALS (ID #41)
Sean G. Kaufman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Lee Alderman, Atlanta, GA; Henry Mathews, Atlanta, GA

10:50 - 11:10 am

ASSESSING BIOSAFETY PRACTICES AMONG LIFE SCIENCE LABORATORIES IN GOVERNMENTAL, ACADEMIC, AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS: A SURVEY OF BIOSAFETY PROFESSIONALS IN THE U.S. (ID #28)(PDF 52KB)
Allison Chamberlain, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; LouAnn Burnett, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Sean G. Kaufman, Ruth Berkelman, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

11:10 - 11:30 am

CHANGING SAFETY CULTURE AND IMPROVING THE REPUTATION OF A BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ID #35)
Sharon Leech, Institute for Animal Health, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

11:30 - 11:50 am

WHY DO I NEED THIS TRAINING? INITIATING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH REGIONAL BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY (ID #81)
Lesley Homer, Kelly Stefano Cole, Molly Stitt-Fischer, Amy Hartman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

11:50 - 12:10 pm

CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MYERS-BRIGGS ANALYSIS AND TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS (ID #103)
Claudia Gentry-Weeks, Robert Ellis, Heather Blair, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Sean G. Kaufman, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

12:10 - 1:40 pm

EXHIBITS AND LUNCH (Pavilion)

Session V: POSTERS

(Rose Foyer)

12:40 - 1:40 pm

USE OF GASEOUS CHLORINE DIOXIDE FOR FACILITY DECONTAMINATION (ID #2)
Mark Czarneski, ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc., Lebanon, NJ

DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A PROVINCIAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY (ID #3)
Aurel Tamburri, Ingrid Abbott-Permell, Ontario Public Health Laboratories, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CONTINUITY OF CONTAINMENT: HOW TO PREVENT CROSS-CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT PROCESSES (ID #4)
Patrice Cloue, Getinge, Rush City, MN

U.S. NATIONAL SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD FOR BIOSECURITY (ID #6)
Kathryn Harris, Allan Shipp, National Institutes of Health, Office of Biotechnology Activities, Bethesda, MD

EFFLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS: DETERMINING TYPE AND SIZE FOR YOUR FACILITY (ID #8)
Joseph Wilson, Bio-Response Solutions, Danville, IN; Russell McElroy, AIA, Ashland, VA

INTRODUCTION OF SAFETY CATHETER NEEDLES IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN HOSPITALS: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (ID #9)
Dimitri Sossai, A.O. Universitaria San Martino U.O. Servizio Prevenzi, Genoa, Italy

MOVING A LABORATORY SAFELY: CASE STUDY OF THE MOVE OF THE OREGON STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE (ID #12)
Miki Van Houten, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory, Hillsboro, OR

LEGIONELLA RISK ASSESSMENT AT WCMC—AMBULATORY CARE BUILDING (ID #13)
Vinita Kumar, Erik Talley, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS DECONTAMINATION OF B. ATROPHAEUS AND G. STEAROTHERMOPHILUS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS (ID #14)(MS PPT 1.2MB
Henry Luftman, Micro-Clean, Inc., Emmaus, PA; Michael Regits, Micro-Clean, Inc., Bethlehem, PA

BIOSURETY AND BIOSAFETY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENING PROTOCOL FOR MAXIMUM CONTAINMENT LABORATORY WORKERS AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (ID #16)
Casey Skvorc, Rafael Torres-Cruz, Deborah Wilson, Division of Occupational Health and Safety, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, SEMESTER-LENGTH BIOSAFETY COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (ID #17)
Benjamin Fontes, Yale University Office of Environmental Health & Safety, New Haven, CT; Srdjan Stakic, Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness, New Haven, CT

A CASE STUDY: A BIOSAFETY INCIDENT AND IT'S RESPONSES (ID #20)
Barbara Fox Nellis, Paul Keim, James Schupp, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

BIOSAFETY CURRICULUM AND TRAINING LEVELS 1-4 IN SWITZERLAND (ID #24)
Felix Gmuender, Basler & Hofmann Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, Singapore; Martin Schuetz, Labor Spiez, Spiez, Switzerland

COMMISSIONING AND VALIDATION OF A UNIQUE THERMO-CHEMICAL ELLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM (ID #29)(PDF 420KB
Rebecca Langer, Lana Hudgins, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Gilles Tremblay, Merrick & Company, Atlanta, GA

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED LOG SYSTEM IN BOTH BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY (ID #31)
Katsuaki Shinohara, National Institute of Infectious Diseases—Japan, Tokyo, Japan; Masaya Takemura, Sojitsu Logistics Co., Tokyo, Japan; Takeshi Kurata, Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan; Ayato Takada, Hokkaido University, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; Kazutoshi Kogure, Hitachi Appliance Inc., Tokyo, Japan

EFFICIENCY OF HEPA FILTERS IN THE AIR-HANDLING SYSTEM OF A BIO-CONTAINMENT LABORATORY IN INDIA (ID #32)
Shivchandra Dubey, Harshad Murugkar, Ramesh Kaushik, Diwakar Kulkarni, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

EFFECTS OF FAILURE TESTING ON HIGH-CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES (ID #37)
Ron Sharpe, Hemisphere Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada THE COLLECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF LARGE NUMBERS OF BURKHOLDERIA

PSEUDOMALLEI ISOLATES (ID #39)
Shalamar Georgia, Jennifer Ginther, Janelle Runberg, Rebecca Colman, Apichai Tuanyok, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

LESSONS LEARNED FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAINING INTIATIVES IN BIOSAFETY (ID #42)
Sean G. Kaufman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Natasha K. Griffith, NKG Biosafety Consulting, Los Angeles, CA; Lee Alderman, Atlanta, GA; Henry Mathews, Atlanta, GA; Ruth Berkelman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

A NEW MODEL FOR INCREASING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF BEHAVIORAL-BASED BIOSAFETY TRAINING PROGRAMS AT LARGE INSTITUTIONS (ID #43)
Sean G. Kaufman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Lee Alderman, Atlanta, GA; Henry Mathews, Atlanta, GA; Ruth Berkelman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

ISSUES WITH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND SOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS (ID #44)
Sean G. Kaufman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Natasha K. Griffith, NKG Biosafety Consulting, Los Angeles, CA

SMOOTH MOVES: A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MANUAL FOR RELOCATING RESEARCH LABORATORIES WITHOUT A HITCH (ID #47)
Dorothy Elsaesser, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

RECOMBINANT DNA DECISION-MAKING MATRIX: A SIMPLE ONLINE TOOL FOR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (ID #52)
Donii Fox, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

A SENSITIVE METHOD TO ASSESS LEAKAGE IN AEROSOL CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS: FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTER (FACS) CONTAINMENT SYSTEM TESTING (ID #55)
Ron Wallace, Hector Leonardo Aguila, James Fomenko, Kenneth Price, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

OPERATOR AND PRODUCT PROTECTION IN A CLASS II, TYPE B2 BSC WITH VARIATION IN EXHAUST AND DOWNFLOW (ID #56)
David Phillips, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Arnold, MD; Roger Pleskovich, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Marietta, OH; Tony Kopidlansky, Tom Grall, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Two Rivers, WI

AN INSTITUTIONAL BIOLOGICAL AGENT TRANSFER PROGRAM (ID #57)
Charles Borromeo, Robert Hashimoto, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

HARMONIZATION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW OF ANIMAL RESEARCH (ID #58)
Krystyna Kozakiewicz, Robert Hashimoto, Sara Souza, Brandon DeFrancisci, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

ESTABLISHING A WEB-BASED SYSTEM TO FACILITATE AN EFFECTIVE BIOSAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (ID #59)
Ted Myatt, Maureen Oliver, Susanne Simon, Kevin Coghlan, Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc., Needham, MA; Casey Lucas, Boston, MA

FIRST CHILEAN EXPERIENCE OF EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ISO 15190:2003 BASED ON THE ISO 15189:2003 NORMATIVE FOR BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES (ID #62)
Jorge Berrios, Instituto De Salud Publica De Chile, Santiago, Chile; Ricardo Andaur, Universidad De Chile, Santiago, Chile; Maria Teresa Andonaegui, Darwins Castillo, Carolina Valenzuela, Instituto De Salud Pbulica De Chile, Santiago, Chile

PREPARATION OF ISO FORMATED BIOLOGICAL SAFETY MANUAL
Terry Lawrin, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI

NUS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY CERTIFICATION SCHEME
Saravanan Gunaratnam, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Session V: OTHERS

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Robert Hashimoto

1:40 - 2:00 pm

ANNUAL VALIDATION OF BIOCONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR BSL-3 LABORATORIES (ID #18)
Miguel Grimaldo, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

2:00 - 2:20 pm

SOCIOLOGY OF HUMAN RESPONSE AND INTERACTION WHEN WORKING IN A HIGH-CONTAINMENT SELECT AGENT ENVIRONMENT (ID #21)
Barbara Fox Nellis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

2:20 - 2:40 pm

PIRBRIGHT—LESSONS LEARNED (ID #23)
Heather Sheeley, Health Protection Agency, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

2:40 - 3:00 pm

TRACKING BIOHAZARDOUS MATERIALS: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EBAR APPLICATION AT WYETH (ID #33)
Richard Fink, Wyeth Biotech, Andover, MA; Elizabeth Gilman Duane, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA; Larry Wylie, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison, NJ

3:00 - 3:20 pm

VIRAL VECTORS IN THE RESEARCH LABORATORY: JUST HOW SAFE ARE THEY? (ID #95)(PDF 172KB
Dawn Wooley, Kimberly Morris, Robert McRae, John Trefry, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

3:20 - 3:50 pm

EXHIBITS, POSTERS, AND COFFEE BREAK (Pavilion)

Session VI: EAGLESON AWARD LECTURE

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Mary Ann Sondrini

3:50 - 4:30 pm

BIOCONTAINMENT: THE CONTINUAL NEED FOR INTERACTIONS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE INSTITUTION
Alan Barrett, University of Texas—Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

4:30 - 5:00 pm

INVITED PAPER (Rose Ballroom AB) ESTABLISHMENT OF A CRYO-ELECTRON MICORSCOPY LABORATORY UNDER BSL-3 CONDITIONS (ID #78)(PDF 6MB)
Alexander Freiberg, University of Texas—Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

5:00 - 6:00 pm

MEMBERS BUSINESS MEETING (Rose Ballroom AB)
Members Questions/Answers, and Door Prizes

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008

7:00 - 5:00 pm

Registration (Rose A Foyer)

7:00 - 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast (Pavilion)

7:00 - 4:00 pm

Exhibits (Pavilion)

7:00 - 4:00 pm

Posters(Rose Foyer)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session VII: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

(Rose Ballroom A)
Moderator: Andrew Braun

8:00 - 8:20 am

THE NIH OFFICE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE SITE VISIT PROGRAM (ID #7)

8:20 - 8:40 am

LESSONS LEARNED: CDC YEAR THREE—NEW SELECT AGENT INSPECTION (ID #40)(PDF 780KB)
Shelley Jones, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

8:40 - 9:00 am

WHEN LOCAL REGULATORY INTERVENTION BECOMES LOCAL REGULATORY INTERFERENCE (HOW TO REVERSE INAPPROPRIATE REGULATIONS WHEN GOOD INTENTIONS FAIL) (ID #60)(PPT 8.3MB)
David Silberman, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Robert Hashimoto, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

9:00 - 9:20 am

BOSTON MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENT AND SAFEGUARDS FOR BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORIES (ID #87)(PDF 80KB)
Tony Gemmellaro, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session VIII: PLANTS AND INDUSTRIAL BIOSAFETY

(Rose Ballroom B)
Moderator: Lesley Homer

8:00 - 8:20 am

RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS: FROM DISCOVERY TO COMMERCIALIZATION (ID #88)
Beryl Packer, Diane Re, Mary McDaniel, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO

8:20 - 8:40 am

THE VIEW OF IRANIAN PEOPLE ABOUT GMO PRODUCTS CONSUMPTION (ID #112)(PDF 352KB)
Mehdi Rahimpour, Human Genetic Research Center, Baqiyatallah Medical, Tehran, Iran; Behnaz Ebrahimi, Soroush Sardari, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Teahran, Iran

8:40 - 9:00 am

VALIDATION STUDY FOR THE USE OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS AS A DECONTAMINANT FOR BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS (ID #19)(MS PPT 2.8MB)
Henry Luftman, Micro-Clean, Inc., Emmaus, PA; Michael Regits, DRS Laboratories, Allentown, PA; Paul Lorcheim, Kevin Lorcheim, ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc., Lebanon, NJ

9:00 - 9:20 am

DEVELOPING A BIOSAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY (ID #91)
Joe Kozlovac, USDA, Beltsville, MD

9:20 - 9:50 am

EXHIBITS, POSTERS, COFFEE BREAK (Pavilion)Rose Foyer

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session IX: ROUND TABLE

(Rose Ballroom A)
Moderator: Maureen O'Leary

9:50 - 11:50 am

THE AFTERMATH OF HIGHLY PUBLICIZED LABORATORY INCIDENTS
Benjamin Fontes, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Elizabeth Weirich, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Claudia Mickelson, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Robert Hashimoto, University of California—Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Reynaldo Morales, Boston University, Boston, MA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session X: ROUND TABLE

(Rose Ballroom B)
Moderator: Shanna Nesby-O'Dell

9:50 - 11:50 am

BIOSAFETY ON THE HORIZON
Stefan Wagener, Canadian Science Centre, Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Christina Thompson, Thompson Biosafety, Greenfield, IN; Nicole Duffee, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Memphis, TN; Ronald Atlas, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, DC; Theresa Lawrence, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC; Joseph Kozlovac, USDA, Beltsville, MD

11:50 - 1:20 pm

EXHIBITS AND LUNCH (Pavilion)

Session XI: POSTERS

(Rose Foyer)

12:20 - 1:20 pm

GENESIS OF ANIMAL BIOSECURITY IN THE WORLD (ID #64)
Rajkumar Singh, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India; Shiv Cahndra Dubey, High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL), Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

MONITORING OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS OF BIOLOGICAL SAFETY BASIS OF RELIABLE PERSONNEL PROTECTION (ID #65)
Evgenii Tyurin, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region

EVALUATION OF THE ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACIES OF ANTIBACTERIAL FABRICS AS MATERIALS FOR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AGAINST BIOHAZARD (ID #66)
Noriko Shimasaki, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Japan Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan; Tomoko Ozawa, Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Akira Okaue, Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Junji Morohashi, Nisshinbo Industries, Inc., Okazaki, Aichi, Japan; Shunji Okuda, Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

NOISE IN ANIMAL FACILITIES DURING REFURBISHMENT—IS IT DIFFERENT FROM "NORMAL" NOISE? (ID #69)
Vibeke Halkjær-Knudsen, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

AN EVALUATION OF A NOVEL ANIMAL CONTAINMENT SYSTEM USING BACTERIAL AND VIRAL TRACER METHODS (ID #71)
Simon Parks, Thomas Pottage, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

CREATING AN INTEGRATED LABORATORY BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY TRAINING COURSE (ID #72)
Jennifer Gaudioso, Jacqueline Smith, Paula Austin, Reynolds Salerno, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

ELIMINATING RE-ENTRAINMENT OF LABORATORY VACUUM EMISSIONS AFTER DISCOVERY OF THIS NOVEL HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SOURCE (ID #73)
Robert Sampson, Wyeth, Cambridge, MA

UPGRADING BIOSECURITY IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (ID #75)
Maureen Ellis, Foreign Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Olga Gavrilova, Republican Centre for Dangerous Infections, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Les Gartner, Smith Carter, Atlanta, GA

BIOSAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE MIDWEST REGIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR BIODEFENSE AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH (ID #77)
Matthew Anderson, Marcia Espinola, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Joseph Kanabrocki, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Susan Cook, Samuel Stanley, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EXPOSURES TO BIOSAFETY LEVEL 4 AGENTS: FROM PRE-EVENT PLANNING TO INPATIENT MANAGEMENT (ID #80)
George Risi, Nancy Hoe, Thomas Arminio, Marshall Bloom,National Institutes of Health, DOHS, St. Patrick's Hospital Missoula, MT; Deborah Wilson, DOHS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

RISK ASSESSMENT OF LABORATORY RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING SYSTEMS (ID #83)
James Henry, Jr., Wendyam A. Guiguemde, Rodney K. Guy, Jim Gaut, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

EFFLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS: THE CHALLENGES IN DESIGN, TESTING, OPERATION. AND BIOLOGICAL VERIFICATION (ID #84)
Shanon Jones, Progressive Recovery, Inc., Dupo, IL; Chris Kiley, Merrick & Company, Atlanta, GA

NO AIRFLOW REVERSAL VERSES NO SUSTAINED POSTIVE PRESSURE. POSSIBLE BUT AT WHAT COSTS? (ID #85)
Joby Evans, Mariusz Kolakowski, Merrick & Company, Atlanta, GA

DESIGN AND TESTING OF A LOW-FLOW EXHAUST CANOPY FOR CLASS II BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS (ID #86)
Robert Lloyd, Larry McCarthy, David Eagleson, The Baker Co., Sanford, ME

TESTING LOW-FLOW, ENERGY-SAVING MODE FOR CLASS II BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINETS (ID #90)
Robert Lloyd, Aaron Johnson, Martin Rogers, David Eagleson, The Baker Co., Sanford, ME

DOES THAT FACE MASK REALLY PROTECT YOU? (ID #92)
Larry E. Bowen, Zara Llewellyn, Southern Research, Birmingham, AL

BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR CONTAINING PAPER CARRIER IS UNSUITABLE FOR FORMALDEHYDE DECONTAMINATION (ID #93)
Diane Gordon, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Brendan Madden, Canadian Science Center for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jay Krishnan, Steven Theriault, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

ROOM LEAK TESTING FOR BSL-3 LABORATORIES: A CONTINUING CHALLENGE FOR OWNERS, CONTRACTORS, AND SAFETY PERSONNEL (ID #94)
Mariusz Kolakowski, Merrick & Company, Hainesport, NJ; John Evans, Paul Langevin, Merrick & Cpmpany, Atlanta, GA

INSTALLING FLEXIBLE FILM ISOLATORS TO SATISFY CHANGING REGULATIONS COST-EFFECTIVELY WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO RESEARCH (ID #96)
Randy Kray, CUH2A, Atlanta, GA; James Henry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

BIOSAFETY OFFICE OVERSIGHT OF THE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF A ROOFTOP BSL-3P GREENHOUSE FOR THE STUDY OF EMERGING PLANT PATHOGENS (ID #97)
Bhavna Bhardwaj, Karen Gillis, Philip Collis, Alexis Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND EMORY UNIVERSITY APPLIED LABORATORY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING (ALERT) FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (ID #99)
Sean G. Kaufman, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Anthony Gemmellaro, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA; Lee Alderman, Atlanta, GA; Henry Mathews, Atlanta, GA

EFFECTIVENESS OF LABORATORY TRAINING ON THE MICROBIOLOGICAL AND BIOSAFETY PRACTICES OF LABORATORY SCIENTISTS WORKING WITH BIOLOGICAL THREAT AGENTS (ID #100)
Marcella Odle, Todd Parker, Steven Glenn, Louise Barden, Gwen Barnett, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

LABORATORY OPERATIONS' IMPACT ON EFFLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM DESIGN (ID #101)
Laura Halverson, Affiliated Engineers, Inc., Madison, WI

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: PLANS FOR THE NBACC TO INTEGRATE ITS SAFETY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS TO FORM A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM (ID #107)
Kelly Flint, Jacki Higgins, BNBI/NBACC, Frederick, MD

INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING BETTER CONTAINMENT STANDARDS (ID #108)
Barry Wards, Biosecurity New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

CONTAINING THE COST OF CONTAINMENT: COST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR BIOCONTAINMENT (ID #111)
Michael L. Weiss, WorkingBuildings, LLC, Atlanta, GA; Jeffery L. Schantz, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, New York, NY

EVALUATION OF MICROBIAL INACTIVATION BY CAUSTIC DIGESTERS USING EMBEDDED TEST SAMPLES (ID #113)
Ira F. Salkin, Information From Science, LLC, West Sand Lake, NY; Larry J. Thompson, Thompson and Associates, Edwardsville, IL; Paul S. Warden, Analytical Services, Inc., Williston, VT; Chris Hyatt, Arda Kara, Nick Leuking, Progressive Recovery, Inc., Dupo, IL

EVALUATION OF THE MICROBICIDAL EFFICACY OF ELECTROLYZED OXIDIZING WATER USING A QUANTITATIVE CARRIER TEST (ID #114)
Aseel Etbail, Jessica Dong, Diane Gordon, Jay Krishnan, Steven Theriault, Applied Biosafety Research Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

UTILIZING A VULNERABILITIES AND RISK (VR) METHOD TO FIELD VALIDATE THE DECONTAMINATION OF HEPA FILTER HOUSINGS (ID #115)
Mark A. Huza, Camfil Farr, Columbia, MD; Vibeke Halkjaer-Knudsen, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

LABORATORY CONTAMINATION RISK ASSESSMENT WHEN HANDLING PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN (ID #119)
Olga Aimanova, KSCQZD, Almaty, Kazakhstan

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XII: SECURITY

(Rose Ballroom A)
Moderator: Claudia Mickelson

1:20 - 1:40 pm

BIOSECURITY: A CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (ID #68)
Leila Oda, Kelly Souza, Vivian Faustino, National Biosafety Association—ANBio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1:40 - 2:00 pm

ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY AND THE INSIDER THREAT AT BIOCONTAINMENT FACILITIES (ID #70)(PDF 576KB)
Ronald Barø, Morten Bremer Mærli, Stephen McAdam, Biorisk Management, Research & Innovation, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Høvik, Norway

2:00 - 2:20 pm

BIORAM 2.0: A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING A BIOSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY (ID #74)(PDF 1.4MB)
Jennifer Gaudioso, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; Mika Shigematsu, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Albuquerque, NM; Susan Caskey, Reynolds Salerno, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; Shuji Ando, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

2:20 - 2:40 pm

LABORATORY BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY ACROSS EUROPE (ID #109)
Alexander Christiansen, Stephen McAdam, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Oslo, Høvik, Norway

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XIII: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

(Rose Ballroom B)
Moderator: Joanne Kauffman

1:20 - 1:40 pm

DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOSAFETY LEVEL 3 OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING: A CASE STUDY (ID #89)(PDF 1.6MB)
R. Thomas Leonard, Jeffrey M. Tessier, Ericka Pearce, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

1:40 - 2:00 pm

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LABORATORIES BSL-4 EXPOSURE RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (ID #79)
Thomas Arminio, NIH/Rocky Mountain Laboratoratory, Hamilton, MT; Nancy Hoe, NIH/DOHS, Hamilton, MT; Marshall Bloom, NIH/NIAID, Hamilton, MT; George Risi, NIH/DOHS/St. Patrick's Hospital, Missoula, MT

2:00 - 2:20 pm

CHANGES OF MICRO-CLIMATE WITHIN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ACCORDING TO THE WORKER'S MOVEMENTS (ID #67)
Katsuaki Shinohara, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Japan, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan; Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Shigematsu Works Co. Ltd., Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Japan; Shinsuke Kumagai, Azearth Co., Tokyo, Japan; Noriko Shimasaki, National Institute of Infectious Diseases Japan, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan

2:20 - 2:40 pm

UTILIZING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VAPOR TO EFFECTIVELY DECONTAMINATE HEPA FILTER BANKS (ID #61)
Claire Fritz, STERIS Corporation, Lakewood, CO; Dee Dee Hreinson, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT

2:40 - 3:10 pm

EXHIBITS, POSTERS, AND COFFEE BREAK (Pavilion)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XIV: ROUND TABLE

(Rose Ballroom A)
Moderator: Barbara Fox Nellis

3:10 - 5:10 pm

ONE DROPPED VIAL FROM DISASTER: KEY BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECIURITY RISKS AND POTENTIAL NATIONAL ACCREDITATION AND COUNCIL
Leslie Platt, Andrew Strong, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, DC; Victoria Sutton, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX; Jason Van Loo, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Houston, TX; Ryan Burnette, Alliance Biosciences, Inc., Richmond, VA; James Blaine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XV: ROUND TABLE

(Rose Ballroom B)
Moderator: Robert Ellis

3:10 - 5:10 pm

INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE ROUNDTABLE: THE BASICS, BEST PRACTICES AND BEYOND
Janet Peterson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Kathryn Harris, Deborah Wilson, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Andrew Braun, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Benjamin Fontes, Yale University, New Haven, CT

6:30 - 11:00 pm

BANQUET Ponderosa Ballroom

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008

7:00 - 3:00 pm

Registration (Rose A Foyer)

7:00 - 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast(Rose Foyer)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XVI: Round Table

(Rose Ballroom A)
Moderator: Kelly Flint

8:00 - 10:00 am

TREATMENT PROTOCOLS AT CDC FOR EXPOSURE TO NON-HUMAN PRIMATE VIRUSES
Michael Callahan; Mary S. Hawkins, CDC, Atlanta, GA; Carol Tobias; Gary Fujimoto, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XVII: Round Table

(Rose Ballroom B)
Moderator: Robert Heckert

8:00 - 10:00 am

CURRENT AGRICULTURE PATHOGEN CONTAINMENT ISSUES
Thomas Letonja, APHIS, USDA, Riverdale, MD; Joanne Jones-Meehan, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC; Uwe Mueller-Doblies, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom; Dennis Jones, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA

10:00 - 10:15 am

COFFEE BREAK(Rose Foyer)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XVIII: DESIGN AND CONTRUCTION A

(Rose Ballroom A)
Moderator – TBD

10:15 - 10:35 am

ISOLATOR SYSTEMS: AN EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE SOLUTION FOR RODENTS' QUARANTINE, HOLDING, AND PROCEDURES (ID #5)(PDF 1.8MB)
Marion Berard, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

10:35 - 10:55 am

CFD MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR ANIMAL HOLDING ROOM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (ID #15)
Alexy Kolesnikov, CPP Inc., Fort Collins, CO

10:55 - 11:15 am

BUT IT IS JUST A BARN! CHALLENGES IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOSAFETY LEVEL 2 EQUINE RESEARCH FACILITY (ID #26)
Marcia Finucane, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

11:15 - 11:35 am

LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET CONTAINMENT IN A BSL-3 LABORATORY DUE TO SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE (ID #48)(PDF 556KB)
Nick Flynn, Peter Harris, B & V Testing, Inc., Waltham, MA

11:35 - 11:55 am

THE NIH NIAID INTEGRATED LABORATORY FACILITY AT FT. DETRICK, FREDERICK, MARYLAND (ID #49)
Frank Kutlak, NIH, Ft. Detrick, MD; Peter Jahrling, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, MD; Alan Love, Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH; Leslie Gartner, CUH2A/Smith Carter/Hemisphere, Atlanta, GA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Session XIX: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION B

(Rose Ballroom B)
Moderator: Betty Kupskay

10:15 - 10:35 am

LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA AS A PERSPECTIVE APPROACH TO MICROBIAL INACTIVATION (ID #45)
Vasily Kholodenko, Vladimir Chugunov, Eugeny Kobzev, Nadezhda Zhirkova, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region

10:35 - 10:55 am

INTEGRATION OF BSL-3 LABORATORIES INTO EXISTING FACILITIES (ID #50)(PDF 2.2MB)
Scott Sandlin, Perkins+Will, Houston, TX

10:55 - 11:15 am

OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF OPERATING A NEW BIOCONTAINMENT FACILITY (ID #76)
Daniel Frasier, Cornerstone Commissioning, Inc., Boxford, MA; Tru Twedt, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA

11:15 - 11:35 am

RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND COMMISSIONING CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY (ID #82)
Luis Linares, Smith Carter, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

11:35 - 11:55 am

COMMISSIONING, CONTAINMENT, AND CERTIFICATION: WHERE THE LINES BLUR (ID #110)
Michael L. Weiss, WorkingBuildings, LLC, Atlanta, GA

11:55 - 1:25 pm

HONOR AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION LUNCHEON

Celebrity Showroom
Presenter/Moderator: Christina Z. Thompson

Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award

Everett J. Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award

Recognition of Certified Biosafety Professionals and Registered Biosafety Professionals

Session XX: GROSS AWARD AND LECTURE

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Barbara Fox Nellis

1:25 - 2:05 pm

RAPID AND DEFINITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF B. ANTHRACIS BIO-CONTAMINANTS USING EXPEDITED DNA EXTRACTION PROTOCOL AND SENSITIVE REAL-TIME SNP ANALYSIS (ID #53)
Jodi Beaudry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Session XXI: KNUDSEN AWARD AND LECTURE

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Elizabeth Gilman Duane

2:05 - 2:45 pm

BIOSAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (Rose Ballroom AB)
Vladimir Murashov, John Howard, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

2:45 - 3:00 pm

COFFEE BREAK(Rose Foyer)

Session XXII: BIOTERRORISM

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Barbara Johnson

3:00 - 3:20 pm

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR A BIOLOGICAL THREAT AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (ID #10)(PDF 5.9MB)
Bethzayda Matos, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

3:20 - 3:40 pm

FUNDAMENTALS OF LABORATORY BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY RISK ASSESSMENTS—CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS (ID #106)(PDF 2.8MB)
Morten Bremer Maerli, Ronald Barø, Alexander Flesjo Christiansen, Stephen McAdam, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Biorisk Management, Hovik, Norway

Session XXIII: ANIMALS

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: JeT'Amie Newton

3:40 - 4:00 pm

DOING RESEARCH WITH WILD-CAUGHT ANIMALS AND VECTORS: THE CHALLENGES AND REWARDS (ID #27)
Anne-Sophie Brocard, Dee Zimmerman, Scott Weaver, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

4:00 - 4:20 pm

PROACTIVE LABORATORY ANIMAL ALLERGY SURVEILLANCE AND EDUCATION (ID #30)(PDF 956KB)
Rebecca Langer, Stuart Abramson, Paul Muraca, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Session XXIV: INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(Rose Ballroom AB)
Moderator: Marcia Finucane

4:20 - 4:40 pm

SCIENTIFIC MAINTENANCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DIAGNOSTICS AS A COMPONENT OF BIOLOGICAL SAFETY (ID #46)
Ivan Dyatlov, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region

4:40 - 5:00 pm

THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF "NOVEL" HIGH BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES FOR USE IN ANIMAL-BASED STUDIES AT ACDP3-4 (BSL-3-4) (ID #102)
Ben Walsh, Health Protection Agency (UK), Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

5:00 pm

CLOSE OF CONFERENCE (Rose Ballroom AB)