The implementation and practice of biological safety in the experimental curriculum of Medical Microbiology for undergraduate students

Abstract:

Pathogenic microorganisms are the main material of laboratory exercises in Medical Microbiology, which means that the biological safety in the laboratory is the key character differing from that in other laboratory. Since the laboratory condition limited, previous laboratory exercises of Medical Microbiology used to be conducted in the ordinary laboratories which were not fully consistent with the Biological Safety Regulations, indicating in potential biosafety hazard for partial contents of laboratory exercises in Medical Microbiology, as well as being a bottleneck for development of medical microbiology experiment curriculum. In order to solve this problem, we have established the new experimental curriculum system of Medical Microbiology in Peking University through the training staffs, upgrading laboratory hardwares, evaluating the application of bacterial (viral) strains and constructing the software related to the content of the experiment, guaranteeing the regulations related to biological safety for experimental practices in microbiology laboratory.