Mobile Biosafety level-3 Laboratory

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is in the process of adding to its Mobile Biosafety level-3 (MBSL-3) laboratory capacity to enhance India’s outbreak response capabilities, and strengthen public health delivery.

About Mobile Biosafety level-3 Laboratory

• It is also known as Rapid Action Mobile BSL-3 Advanced Augmented Network (RAMBAAN).
• Mobile Biosafety level-3 (MBSL-3) laboratory is a fully indigenous and sophisticated Mobile BSL-3 ‘laboratory on wheels’, first deployed in response to the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala in 2023.
• It is developed under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission in collaboration with Klenzaids Contamination Controls Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
• It’s classified as a Type-IV Rapid Response Mobile Laboratory in the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network classification.

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Features of Mobile Biosafety level-3 Laboratory

• It is designed to maintain a negative air pressure environment, and is equipped with an advanced heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system with HEPA filters.
• It also features a double door autoclave and a biological liquid effluent decontamination (BLED) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) fogger system for biological waste management.
• The MBSL-3 was validated by ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune in 2022-2023, including onsite and on-field validation.
• Significance: It enhances India’s outbreak response capabilities, and strengthen public health delivery, especially in remote and inaccessible areas. 

Source: TH