The document highlights the need for national-level norms for biosafety, given that a laboratory accident with contagious pathogens could have global implications. Despite guidance for local and institutional biosafety practices, there are few international guidelines that standardise biosafety activities and oversight mechanisms from one research-producing nation to another.

Original text:
 https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(15)00228-0

Author(s):
 Gigi Kwik Gronvall and Michelle Rozo