Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory Tour

Interior Security

Once past outside security, BSL-4 lab workers must pass an interior security station.

Interior Security

Measures Here Typically Include Combinations of the Following:

• Extensive background checks prior to employment for everyone who works in the building
• Guards who check everyone's identification and credentials
• Special identification cards that are scanned to provide an electronic record of who goes in and out and when
• Identification devices such as retinal or fingerprint scanners

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