Mobile Biosafety level-3 Laboratory

Article Title: Mobile Biosafety level-3 Laboratory

30-06-2025

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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

oIt is also known as Rapid Action Mobile BSL-3 Advanced Augmented Network (RAMBAAN).

oMobile Biosafety level-3 (MBSL-3) laboratoryis a fully indigenous and sophisticated Mobile BSL-3 ‘laboratory on wheels’, first deployed in response to the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala in 2023.

oIt 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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