Health Care

Biohazard Release

Uncontrolled release of biological material from its containment. This either threatens to, or does, cause exposure to a biological hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Uncontrolled release of biological material from its containment. This either threatens to, or does, cause exposure to a biological hazard. Such an incident may occur accidentally or deliberately.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Biohazard Releases
  • Release, Biohazard
  • Releases, Biohazard
  • Accidental Release, Biological
  • Accidents, Biohazard
  • Accidents, Biological
  • Incidents, Biological
  • Biological Incident
  • Biological Incidents
  • Incident, Biological

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

for release resulting in disaster, coordinate with DISASTERS; for deliberate release of biological material, coordinate BIOHAZARD RELEASE with BIOTERRORISM; specify geographic location

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History Note

2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Accidents (1970-2008)

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Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.135w.190

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biohazard Release. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055885
  2. Biohazard Release. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70359374