Quickly estimate the suggested biosafety level (BSL 1–3) and personal protective equipment for your lab activity. Designed for hospitals, diagnostic labs and teaching institutes. For training and educational use only – not a substitute for institutional biosafety committees.
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Educational tool. Always follow national guidelines, NABL/NABH norms & your institutional SOPs.
Fill the details below to get a suggested biosafety level (BSL) and a practical PPE checklist. This tool is intentionally conservative – when in doubt, it suggests a higher biosafety level.
Fill the form on the left and click “Calculate Suggested Biosafety Level” to see your results.
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For aerosol-generating procedures and work with airborne pathogens, certified respirators provide better protection than simple surgical masks.
Eye protection is essential when there is risk of splashes, aerosols, or work with pressurised systems and sharps.
Hand and body protection are non-negotiable in any biosafety setting. Double gloving may be required in some high-risk procedures.
While full-size Class II biosafety cabinets are usually purchased via vendors, smaller HEPA-filtered units and enclosures can support safer handling.
Strengthen your team’s theoretical foundation with standard references on biosafety, biosafety cabinets and infection control.
No, sir. This tool is only an educational decision-support aid. Biosafety level assignment should always be done by your institutional biosafety committee in line with national and WHO guidelines, considering infrastructure, staffing and local regulations.
No. Any work requiring BSL-4 must only be performed in authorised, specialised facilities. The tool will flag such activities and recommend referral to an appropriate centre instead of suggesting that you upgrade locally.
Yes. The tool is designed so that faculty can create scenarios and ask students to run them through the checker, then discuss where institutional SOPs add stricter requirements.
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You can extend this page by adding more modules such as chemical safety, waste management checklists, or downloadable SOP templates. The code is plain HTML/CSS/JS, so any developer can build further safely.
Biosafety.in aims to make biosafety principles simple, practical and accessible for Indian laboratories, hospitals and teaching institutes. This tool focuses on day-to-day decision-making: “Is this activity closer to BSL-1, 2 or 3, and what minimum PPE should I consider?”
It is not a replacement for formal biosafety training, hands-on supervision or institutional oversight. Think of it as a structured checklist to support safer habits.