Insectary
When using arthropods that can transmit infectious diseases, there is a need for good work practices, trained personnel, and suitable facilities that safeguard personnel and the environment against an involuntary release. Biocontainment measures mainly focus on: access control for authorized personnel, lobbies, mosquito nets on possible escape routes to the outside, differential pressures, minimization of furniture, light surface colors, passage sealing of pipelines, self-closing doors, vertical air curtains, traps, waste treatment systems, use of safe boxes for transport, etc.
Common and special practices, safety equipment, and the most appropriate facilities according to the level of biocontainment required can be found in the Arthropod containment guidelines (3.2) or Safe working with arthropods (ISTR).