Fernando Usera Mena
Head of service
Service Description
Tasks and services:
- Preliminary evaluation and periodic control of biological, chemical and radiological risk
- Management of radioisotope acquisition and the means, equipment and instruments for prevention and protection
- Design of biosafe labs and other facilities
- Issuing the CNB Basic Guide, the Safety & Health CNB Manual, and specific associated procedures
- Handling and administration of reports and documents related to start-up procedures or legally required operating conditions
- Safety and health seminars for personnel exposed to potential risk agents
- Classification and signalling of risk areas and laboratories, and control of compliance with safety and health rules
- Cooperation in the management of medical and dosimetric surveillance of exposed personnel. Maintenance of medical and dosimetric records of exposed personnel
- Action in incidents, accidents and emergency situations following previously established procedures
- Managing the production and conditioning of biosanitary, toxic and radioactive waste at the sources, internal handling and storage until transfer to an authorised waste management facility
Facilities:
The service surveys the operational risks in all CNB labs and facilities, and directly operates the gamma irradiator, the radioactive facility central premises, and the biosafety level 3 laboratory.
The CNB radioactive facility is a Category 2, non-encapsulated source type and is equipped with all required means of shielding, containment and detection of ionising radiation. It also has the following equipment:
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- Two cabins for radioisotopes
- One biosafety class II cabin
- One CO2 incubator
- Ultracentrifuge, centrifuges and microfuges
- One speed vac
- One hybridisation oven
The lab has three in vitro cell culture sublaboratories with all necessary equipment for safe handling of biological agents included in Risk Group 3 and to perform activities with genetically modified organisms that require such a degree of confinement. It is equipped with:
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- Three biosafety class II cabins
- Two cell culture incubators
- One microbiological culture incubator
- One double door steam steriliser
- One SAS for biological inactivation of small items
- One SAS for biological inactivation of large items
- One refrigerated ultracentrifuge
- Three portable refrigerated centrifuges
- Three refrigerated microcentrifuges
- Three inverted optics microscopes
- One liquid nitrogen tank
- Three ultrafreezers (-80ºC)
- Data transmission network (computers and telephone)
- Several alarm systems to alert of incidents/accidents or malfunctions
Data bases with Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS):
http://www.fichasdeseguridad.com/
http://www.msdsonline.com/
http://hazard.com/msds/index.php
http://www.setonresourcecenter.com/MSDSs/
http://www.insht.es
Legislation on radiological protection, biological and chemical security, laboral risk prevention and special waste:
Legislation on Radiological Protection
RD 1836/1999 Reglamento instalaciones nucleares y radiactivas
RD 35/2008 modificación del RD 1836/1999
RD 783/2001 Protección sanitaria contra radiaciones ionizantes
Legislation on Biological Security
RD 664/1997 Agentes biológicos
RD 178/2004 Organismos modificados genéticamente
Legislation on Chemical Security
RD 374/2001 Agentes químicos
RD 665/1997 Agentes cancerígenos
RD 1124/2000 Modificación del RD 665/1997
RD 349/2003 Modificación del RD 665/1997
Legislation on Laboral Risk Prevention
Ley 31/1995 Prevención de riesgos laborales
Ley 54/2003 Modificación de la Ley 31/1995
Legislación on Special Waste
Ley 10/1998 de Residuos
Ley 5/2003 de Residuos de la Comunidad de Madrid
Decreto 83/1999 de Residuos biosanitarios y citotóxicos de la Comunidad de Madrid
Radiation protection, biosafety, chemical security and safety and health at work:
Spanish Nuclear Security Council
Centres for disease control and prevention
Occupational safety & health administration
Spanish National Institute for Health and Safety at Work
World Health Organization
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
International Labor Organization
European Biosafety Association
Spanish Society for Radiation Protection
World Organization for Animal Health
AENOR
Technical documents on Biosafety at our intranet:
Laboratory Biosafety Manual 3rd ed.
Manual de Bioseguridad en el Laboratorio
Guía de Transporte de Sustancias Infecciosas.
Guidance on Regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances
Bioseguridad en Laboratorios de Microbiología y Medicina 4ª ed.
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical laboratories. 5th ed.
Guía Técnica de Exposición a Agentes Biológicos
Cabinas de Seguridad Biológica (OMS)
Legislation on radiological protection, biosafety, chemical security, laboral risk prevention and special waste
Name |
Position |
Contact |
Fernando Usera Mena | Head of Service | |
María Teresa Bartolomé Bueno | Personnel | |
Aránzazu de la Encina Valencia | Personnel | Jessica Gaspar Navarro | Personnel |
Documentación en castellano:
Guía básica de seguridad e higiene en los laboratorios
Documents in English: