European Biosafety Network
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Championing Safer Healthcare. The European Biosafety Network (EBN) is a leading pan-European coalition dedicated to advancing biological, occupational and patient safety in the health and care sectors. Established in 2010, the Network has grown from its founding members UNISON and the Spanish General Council of Nursing to include a wide alliance of national and European professional bodies, healthcare unions, institutions, researchers, safety technology experts and other stakeholders who are committed to protecting healthcare workers and patients alike. The EBN collaborates with many of Europe’s most respected healthcare voices including nurses, pharmacists, oncologists, occupational hygienists, infection control experts, public health advocates and trade union leaders. Together, we deliver practical guidance, publish white papers and reports, and coordinate awareness campaigns to reduce risks to workers and promote safety innovation across a range of healthcare settings.
EU Legislative Interests
European Commission (2022) ‘Directive (EU) 2022/431 amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances’, Official Journal of the European Union, L 88/2, 9 March. European Commission (2023) Guidance for the safe management of hazardous medicinal products at work, Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2023) 200 final, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. European Commission (2025) ‘Indicative list of hazardous medicinal products according to Article 18a of Directive 2004/37/EC’, Official Journal of the European Union, C/2025/1150, 20 February. Available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1150/oj (Accessed 3 November 2025).
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
NA
Organisation Members
AFNOR (French Standardisation Association) AniCura (veterinary group) Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho (Portuguese Labour Authority) Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova (Italy) Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Teramo (Italy) beMedTech (Belgium) CEN-CENELEC DASTRI (France) Each for Sick Children European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) European Cancer Organisation European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association (HOSPEEM) European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Italy European Junior Doctors Association European Patient Safety Foundation (EUPSF) European Patients’ Forum (EPF) European Public Service Union (EPSU) European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) European Union of Private Hospitals (UEHP) Federazione Poteri CGIL (Italy) Fórsa Trade Union (Ireland) Gruppo San Donato (Italy) GS1 (Global Standards Organisation) Health and Safety Authority (Ireland) Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (Spain) Instinctif Partners International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Italian Ministry of Health Italian National Federation of Nursing Professions (FNOPI) Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SIFO) Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL) Jefferson Communications JC LTD Kommunal (Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union) LEO Pharma (Italy) LIUC – Università Cattaneo (Italy) MedTech Europe Independent National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani (INMI), Italy Portugal Representation to the EU Servei de Salut de les Illes Balears (Balearic Islands Health Service, Spain) Spanish General Council of Nursing Spital Männedorf (Switzerland) Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) Team-NB (European Association of Notified Bodies) University Hospital Centre Zagreb (Croatia) University of Palermo European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) The European CanCer Organisation (ECCO) European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations European Specialist Nurses Organisations (ESNO) Health Tech Ireland BGW (Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege, Germany) KOK (Konferenz Onkologischer Kranken- und Kinderpflege, Germany) European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) Safer Cancer Care
Additional Information
The European Biosafety Network (EBN) is wholly owned and managed by Jefferson Communications JC Ltd, a public limited company registered in the United Kingdom. Jefferson Communications undertakes all contractual, financial and administrative activities on behalf of the EBN, including the management of commercial research and consultancy agreements.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.