Biosafety Risk Assessment Model

Software · Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20210521.44· OSTI ID:1231490 · Code ID:57077

Caskey, Susan; Bowen, Daniel

Software tool based on a structured methodology for conducting laboratory biosafety risk assessments by biosafety experts. Software is based upon an MCDA scheme and uses peer reviewed criteria and weights. The software was developed upon Microsoft's .net framework. The methodology defines likelihood and consequence of a laboratory exposure for thirteen unique scenarios and provides numerical relative risks for each of the relevant thirteen. The software produces 2-d graphs reflecting the relative risk and a sensitivity analysis which highlights the overall importance of each factor. The software works as a set of questions with absolute scales and uses a weighted additive model to calculate the likelihood and consequence.

• Short Name / Acronym: BIOSAFETY RAM
• Project Type: Open Source, No Publicly Available Repository
• Site Accession Number: 4764
• Software Type: Scientific
• License(s): Other
• Programming Language(s): Windows.NET
• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE

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  Primary Award/Contract Number:

  AC04-94AL85000
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• Code ID: 57077
• OSTI ID: 1231490
• Country of Origin: United States