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Biosafety

Incident/activities report

Incident reports notify adverse events involving First, Second, and Fifth Schedule agents or toxins.

Last updated 17 March 2025

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Controls

The incidents stated below are required to be reported to the Ministry of Health if it involved any First Schedule biological agent, Second Schedule biological agent, Third Schedule biological agent produced on a large scale or Fifth Schedule toxin:

  1. All confirmed or suspected infections or illnesses acquired by any member of the staff of the facility in the course of carrying out any activity involving biological agents or toxins in the facility

  2. All adverse incidents involving biological agents that may potentially cause transmission of any infectious disease

  3. All adverse incidents involving toxins

  4. All loss, whether through theft or otherwise, of biological agents or toxins

  5. the destruction by the operator of any of the stocks of First Schedule Part II, Second Schedule and Fifth Schedule biological agents and toxins

Access the Table of Controls for the 5 Schedules here [PDF, 194 KB].

Report an incident

Incident report can be made online via the BiosIS e-services.

Submit an incident report here.

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