The Establishment of a High-hazard Drainage System Decontamination Manual at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness

The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) is Australias premier biocontainment facility with scientific areas spanning all biosafety levels and animal species ranging from insects to large agricultural animals. With these functional scientific capabilities comes a mixture of microbial hazards and a steady stream of effluent from the functional areas contained in a vast network of high-hazard drain lines ultimately terminating in a series of treatment vessels. This webinar will walk through the creation of a full drainage system decontamination manual for a 40-year-old biocontainment facility, ACDP. Key points will include drain mapping, liquid disinfectant selection and calculations, isolation of individual drainage systems and dealing with challenges such as dead legs and leaks.

Speaker:

JT Paulley, Ph.D.
Biorisk Manager
Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness | CSIRO