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✨ Construction and Operating Procedures for Plant House Containment

31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2437

SCHEDULE 8: CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR PLANT HOUSE 1 CONTAINMENT, PH1

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT HOUSES PH1

Construction

Floor. Concrete.

Transparent sections. Glass permitted.

Joints. Preferably sealed.

Openings. Screened with 30/32 mesh wire gauze.

Drains. Rodent and insect proof.

Anteroom. Must be present if facility is free-standing; fitted with pest control measures.

Negative pressure. Not required.

Air supply and ducting. Screened with approved mesh wire gauze (e.g. 30/32).

Mechanical equipment. Preferable outside plant house.

Plant containers. No special requirements.

Washing facilities. Advisable.

Signpost. identifying the containment level; and operating and emergency procedures. Present.

Note: Installed air filter systems must be tested for particle arrestance efficiency before approval of containment and once a year thereafter.

OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR PLANT HOUSE 1 CONTAINMENT, PH1

The following operating procedures (PH1) are regarded as a suitable minimum for genetic manipulation work with whole plants which falls under Category 0 and Category I.

i The plant house must be inspected regularly to ensure that its containment features are intact. Screens, filters and the like must be cleaned regularly (in accord with manufacturer’s specifications when provided).

ii All doors to the plant house must be locked for the duration of the work except for those periods when personnel are actually working inside the plant house.

iii Hands must be washed with soap and water before leaving the plant house.

iv Only persons authorised by the institutional Biological Safety Officer are to enter the plant house. All such persons must be trained to follow normal plant house routines as well as these operating procedures.

v All plants in the plant house must be treated as containing genetically manipulated DNA. Work in the plant house other than that involving genetic manipulation should be discouraged.

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