Biorisk

Biorisk generally refers to the risk associated with <a href="/facts/Biological_agent/4YnbS6Em">biological materials</a> and/or infectious agents, also known as <a href="/facts/Pathogen/axMXtV1M">pathogens</a>. The term has been used frequently for various purposes since the early 1990s. The term is used by <a href="/facts/Regulatory_agency/VXSrsDSM">regulators</a>, <a href="/facts/Security_experts/B4uxkyxh">security experts</a>, laboratory personnel and industry alike, and is used by the <a href="/facts/World_Health_Organization/YNN3bgug">World Health Organization</a> (WHO). WHO/Europe also provides tools and training courses in biosafety and biosecurity.
An international Laboratory Biorisk Management Standard developed under the auspices of the <a href="/facts/European_Committee_for_Standardization/BwwUrMgy">European Committee for Standardization</a>, defines biorisk as the combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm where the source of harm is a biological agent or <a href="/facts/Toxin/11oUNk7n">toxin</a>. The source of harm may be an unintentional exposure, accidental release or loss, theft, misuse, diversion, unauthorized access or intentional unauthorized release.

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