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Notices/Events

User Fee and Payments

Researchers who require working in BSL-3 laboratory have to pay designated user charges of Rs. 750*/ per person/visit. This cost is used to provide for the PPE required to work in the facility.

All other costs including reagents and other consumables used by the researcher will be borne by the respective PI.

PI/Researchers interested in working in the BSL-3 area  can contact the BSL-3 faculty in-charge /scientists for consultation and determining PPE requirements

Charges are subject to revision on quarterly basis due to fluctuating PPE costs during COVID-19 pandemic.

Instruments inside BSL-3

1          Class 2 B2 Type Biosafety Cabinets

2          Anaerobic Glove Box workstation

3          MGIT 960 Culture Systems

4          Ultracentrifuge

5          Nucleic Acid Extraction Systems

6          Fast Prep Benchtop homogeniser

7          Tissue Homogenizers

8          Sonicators

9          Electroporator

10        Colony Counters

11        Real Time PCR machine

12        Heavy Duty Shaker Incubators

13        CO2 Incubators

14        BOD-Incubators

15        Automated ELISA reader

16        Colorimeters

17        Multimode readers

18        LED Microscope

19        Refrigerated Bench top Microfuges

20        Heavy duty Centrifuge

21        Mini Centrifuges

22        Double door and Vertical Autoclaves

Training /workshops  

The BSL-3 training program is aimed to provide a comprehensive knowledge of biosafety and biosecurity principles and regulations, the overview of biocontainment laboratory features and the standard operations for working in the BSL-3 Facility.

Eligibility/Requirement for Training:

1.    Hands-on experience of atleast 6 months in basic microbiological work to be certified by the main project investigator/supervisor.

2.         Statement of Purpose (max. 300 words).

3.         *Training

4.         Qualify the written test after training.

*Only shortlisted candidate will be called for training

.*A course fee of Rs.5000/- (non-refundable) shall be payable after the candidate is shortlisted 

Course Structure

The BSL-3 laboratory training is a six-day intensive training course for laboratory staff, biosafety professionals, M.Sc & PhD students, resident doctors and individuals who work on Class III pathogens at AIIMS, New Delhi.

The BSL-3 laboratory user training program will include lectures, discussions and hands-on sessions for the following topics:

•           An introduction to the BSL-3 Facility

•           Review of principles and levels of biosafety

•           Basic knowledge of pathogenic microorganisms

•           Donning and Doffing PPE

•           Biosafety cabinet practices and procedures

•           SOPs for usage of equipments in BSL-3

•           Sample transportation in and out of  BSL-3

•           Risk assessment and management

•           Handling of Needles and Sharps

•           Spill management

•           Waste management and decontamination

•           Emergency management

•           Data management inside BSL-3

Services

Facility and  Instrumentation

The facility is divided into three separate areas: 

•           TB/ Bacteriology Laboratory

•           Virology Laboratory

•           BSL3 simulator/ Training Laboratory

 Each laboratory has dedicated AHUs and separate entry and exits ensuring minimal cross-contamination, easy traffic flow and partitioned decontamination schedules. A centralized Building Monitoring System (BMS) system monitors the HVAC and power supply so that the facility can perform uninterrupted and independently of other building systems. Access to the facility is controlled and only by authorization. Interconnected dynamic pass-boxes with UV light are used for transferring samples inside and outside of laboratories