iarjmsIARJMSIARJMS2708-3594https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjms.2022.v03i02.009Importance of Biosafety Issues, Biosafety Levels and Biosafety EquipmentAssemSirkeckVineetBhardwajKamalKantKaliaThe use of biosafety practices and principles is to reduce the health-related risks associated with handling infectious agents, toxins and other biological hazards is important in a laboratory setting. Laboratory biosafety practices are based on the principle of containment of biological agents to prevent exposure to laboratory workers and the outside environment. Primary containment protects the laboratory workers and the immediate laboratory environment from exposure to biological agents. The application of biosafety precautions is of utmost importance to maintaining the safety of the laboratory test floor as well as protecting the employees. Biosafety levels is a set of biocontainment precautions designed to protect laboratory personnel as well as the surrounding environment and the community. Certain biosafety levels have been proposed for the laboratories depending upon the pathogenicity of the microbes being worked upon.