Laboratorios de Contención: Importancia en la Investigación Biomédica, Enfermedades Emergentes, y la Gestión en Salud Pública

Abstract

Containment laboratories constitute a fundamental basis for the detection and study of infectious agents and represent an essential tool in the face of emerging and re-emerging diseases that increasingly threaten public health with greater risk. It is necessary to strengthen the management and maintaining these containment laboratories, but under the premise of sustainability in each region or geographic location, and this sustainability must be based not only on the infrastructure level but also on the human potential in its continuous training. Is discussed the importance of containment laboratories as the basis of the epidemiological surveillance system to obtain information for the design of strategies and necessary actions to prevent, mitigate, responding and activating recovery and resilience in the face of any adverse event of a biological nature. of a natural or man-made nature that may affect public health. At the same time, it is intended to raise awareness of the sustainability of the containment system of these laboratories, and thus strengthen their mission and vision, ensuring the well-being of the worker in these areas, the community and the environment, and the guarantee of support at the public health level.