The Swiss Federal Council has delegated to the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) the competence to issue guidelines on the enforcement of the Ordinance on the Contained Use of Organisms (Containment Ordinance, ContainO, Art. 32).
Sichere Tierhaltung in geschlossenen Systemen
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Sicherheitsmassnahmen für Gewächshäuser
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Safety measures in medical microbiology diagnostic laboratories
Guideline for enforcing the Containment Ordinance (ContainO) in the analysis of clinical samples. 2nd updated edition. 2015
Microbiological safety cabinets (MSC)
Guideline for the use of microbiological safety cabinets when handling human-pathogenic microorganisms.
2nd updated edition. 2014
Operational safety concepts according to Containment Ordinance (ContainO)
Guideline for enforcing the Containment Ordinance (CO). State 2019
Managing biological risks in contained systems
Roles, qualifications and tasks of biosafety and/or biosecurity officers. Status 2021
Template safety concept according to ESV and SAMV for level 2 laboratories
Safety concept - Main Document (DOC, 408 kB, 03.06.2008)Safety concept according to ContainO and OOSB for level 2 laboratories
Duties of the Biosafety Officers and of the Laboratory and Project Managers (DOC, 35 kB, 30.05.2008)Annex 1
Emergency planning: action in the event of incidents in the laboratory (DOC, 78 kB, 30.05.2008)Annex 4
Safety during the cleaning of laboratories by the cleaning service (DOC, 448 kB, 30.05.2008)Annex 13
Last modification 30.06.2021
