The following prudent biosafety practices are recommended by the National Academy of Sciences in the publication Biosafety in the Laboratory and in part constitute basic good biosafety practices.

Lab safety inspections are conducted annually in all research laboratories. These inspections are used to evaluate the implementation of appropriate laboratory safety principles and practices, ...

Laboratory incidents that impact personnel health and safety or environmental health will be investigated to determine the cause(s) of the incident and the actions necessary to minimize the likelihood ...