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🦠 Biological hazard risk assessment

Assess occupational biological hazards under EU Directive 2000/54/EC: identify agents and their classification group (1–4), assess exposure per job role by route, frequency and intentionality, derive the risk level and required containment level (CL1–CL4), get engineering / administrative / PPE controls, and build a vaccination, health-surveillance and post-exposure plan. Exports to Word and Excel.

Organisation & activity
Identify the biological agents present

Search ~40 common occupational agents. Click an agent to add it to your assessment. Classification groups follow Directive 2000/54/EC Annex III.

Agents in this assessment
Add an exposure scenario (per exposed job role)

Describe how a job role is exposed to a selected agent. Each scenario becomes a row in the risk register and the exposure register.

Exposure scenarios

Risk and required containment are derived from the agent's classification group and the exposure scenario. Containment maps the agent group to a level (CL1–CL4); the mandatory controls below are generated from that level.

Risk register
Required containment level & mandatory controls
Health-surveillance & immunisation options

Vaccination availability and the need for health surveillance depend on the agents and roles. Tick what applies; an automatic plan is suggested below from your agents.

Suggested health-surveillance plan
Post-exposure protocol

⚠️ This is a screening tool to structure a biological-agent risk assessment under Directive 2000/54/EC — it is not a substitute for advice from an occupational physician, biosafety officer or competent authority. Agent classifications follow the Directive's Annex III but national lists and editions evolve; verify the current classification, required containment level and notification duties with your national list and authority. Vaccination, surveillance and post-exposure decisions are medical and must be made by qualified health professionals. Group 3/4 work requires a formal biorisk-management programme.

Aligned to EU Directive 2000/54/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (Annex III classification, Annex V/VI containment measures); French Code du travail Art. R.4421-1 to R.4427-5; CDC/NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL); and ISO 35001:2019 (biorisk management for laboratories and other related organisations). Classification and containment items are indicative — verify against the current national list. Not medical or legal advice.