One Piece Positive Pressure Ventilated Suits
- Contributor(s):
- United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Office of Research Safety National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Special Committee of Safety and Health Experts
- Publication:
- National Institutes of Health (U.S.), [July 1978]
- Language(s):
- No linguistic content
- Format:
- Still image
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Photographic prints Excerpts Monographs
- Abstract:
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules, released by NIH Director Donald S. Fredrickson in 1976, laid out four levels of physical containment of microorganisms used in recombinant DNA, or gene splicing, experiments. These levels ranged from P1, laboratories with standard equipment and no special containment technology, to P4, laboratories specially designed for experiments with potentially harmful or epidemic pathogens. Researchers in a P4 laboratory, shown above, were required to wear protective equipment, such as these full-body suits with built-in air supply.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584939X189 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- FFBBMC
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584939X189
- Archival Collection:
- The Donald S. Fredrickson Papers (Profiles in Science)