Incident Report

  1. General
  2. Controls
  3. Report an Incident
  4. FAQ

1. General

Incident report, in relation to the Biological Agents and Toxins Act, are notifications or the reporting of any incidents involving First Schedule, Second Schedule, Third Schedule and Fifth Schedule biological agents or toxins.

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2. 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. Any other incidents or near misses that may have a potential impact to the laboratory safety and security, public health, and national security.
  6. Any other non-compliance issues.

3. Report an Incident

Incident report can be made online via the HALP-Biosafety.

4. FAQ

The FAQs on the homepage of the biosafety website provide answers to commonly asked questions on biosafety.

Click here to go to the FAQ - Notification.