✨ Plant House Containment Guidelines




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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 101

vi Operations which may generate aerosols are to be done in a biological safety cabinet as specified for CI containment.

vii Plants and tissues taken into or out of the plant house must be carried in closed containers. Waste plants, tissues, soil, soil substitutes and the containers must be sterilised.

viii Living plants or tissues must not be taken from the plant house except to a containment laboratory or, with the approval of the institutional Biological Safety Officer, when they are being transferred to another organisation.

ix If the work permits, plants should be sprayed regularly with a systemic insecticide. The plant house must be sprayed or fumigated to kill arthropods (especially mites) at regular intervals, and at the end of each series of experiments. The organisation must have an effective insect and rodent control programme.

x The experimental materials must be inspected regularly for signs of arthropod infestation. The inspection regime must pay particular attention to mites as they would not normally be excluded by the window and vent screens.

Plant house work which falls under Category II will require at least PH1 level of containment, and additional operating procedures and/or a higher standard of construction may be recommended.



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πŸ₯ Construction Requirements and Operating Procedures for Plant House 1 Containment (continued from previous page)

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
Plant House Containment, Construction Requirements, Operating Procedures, Genetic Manipulation, Safety Measures, Aerosols, Biological Safety Cabinet, Insecticide, Fumigation, Arthropod Control, Waste Sterilization