{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-54/annex-V/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2000/54",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-54",
  "path": "annex/V/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Preliminary note",
  "text": "The measures contained in this Annex shall be applied according to the nature of the activities, the assessment of risk to workers, and the nature of the biological agent concerned.\nIn the table, ‘ Recommended ’ means that the measures should in principle be applied, unless the results of the assessment referred to in Article 3(2) indicate otherwise.\nHEPA: High efficiency particulate air\nAirlock: Entry must be through an airlock which is a chamber isolated from the laboratory. The clean side of the airlock must be separated from the restricted side by changing or showering facilities and preferably by interlocking doors.\nA. Containment measures\nB. Containment levels\n2\n3\n4\nWorkplace\n1. The workplace is to be separated from any other activities in the same building\nNo\nRecommended\nYes\n2. The workplace is to be sealable to permit fumigation\nNo\nRecommended\nYes\nFacilities\n3. Infected material including any animal is to be handled in a safety cabinet or isolation or other suitable containment\nWhere appropriate\nYes, where infection is by airborne route\nYes\nEquipment\n4. Input air and extract air to the workplace are to be filtered using (HEPA ) or likewise\nNo\nYes, on extract air\nYes, on input and extract air\n5. The workplace is to be maintained at an air pressure negative to atmosphere\nNo\nRecommended\nYes\n6. Surfaces impervious to water and easy to clean\nYes, for bench and floor\nYes, for bench, floor and other surfaces determined by risk assessment\nYes, for bench, walls, floor and ceiling\n7. Surfaces resistant to acids, alkalis, solvents, disinfectants\nRecommended\nYes\nYes\nSystem of work\n8. Access is to be restricted to nominated workers only\nRecommended\nYes\nYes, via airlock\n9. Efficient vector control, for example rodents and insects\nRecommended\nYes\nYes\n10. Specified disinfection procedures\nYes\nYes\nYes\n11. Safe storage of a biological agent\nYes\nYes\nYes, secure storage\n12. Personnel should shower before leaving the contained area\nNo\nRecommended\nRecommended\nWaste\n13. Validated inactivation process for the safe disposal of animal carcases\nRecommended\nYes, on or off site\nYes, on site\nOther measures\n14. A laboratory is to contain its own equipment\nNo\nRecommended\nYes\n15. An observation window, or, alternative, is to be present, so that occupants can be seen\nRecommended\nRecommended\nYes",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1833 of 24 October 2019 amending Annexes I, III, V and VI to Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards purely technical adjustments."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "HEPA: High efficiency particulate air"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Airlock: Entry must be through an airlock which is a chamber isolated from the laboratory. The clean side of the airlock must be separated from the restricted side by changing or showering facilities and preferably by interlocking doors."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}