About Mobile Biosafety level-3 Laboratory:
- It is also known as Rapid Action Mobile BSL-3 Advanced Augmented Network (RAMBAAN).
- It is a fully indigenous and sophisticated Mobile BSL-3 ‘laboratory on wheels’, first deployed in response to the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala in 2023.
- It 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.
- Features
- It is designed to maintain a negative air pressure environment, and is equipped with an advanced heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system with HEPA filters.
- It also features a double door autoclave and a biological liquid effluent decontamination (BLED) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) fogger system for biological waste management.
- The MBSL-3 was validated by ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune in 2022-2023, including onsite and on-field validation.
- Significance
- It enhances India’s outbreak response capabilities, and strengthens public health delivery, especially in remote and inaccessible areas.
