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APHL

Members of the APHL Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee developed this fact sheet to assist laboratorians with safely testing potential monkeypox samples.

keywords: biosafety, laboratory, Monkeypox, risk assessment

Taiwan’s science academy fined for biosafety lapses after lab worker contracts COVID-19 (NEW 4/11, Website, News)

Science

24 January 2022

A research assistant at an Academia Sinica lab fell ill in November 2021 after working with infected animals

keywords: biosafety, covid-19, lab workers, workplace

COVID-19 Antigen Testing Biosafety Guidance (NEW 4/11, Document)

Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)

This document describes recommended biosafety practices to protect personnel and the work area from contamination with Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) when collecting and testing specimens for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using an antigen test (ex. BD VeritorTM, Quidel SofiaTM or Abbott BinaxNOW TM ).

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Biosafety advisory: SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) (NEW 4/11, Website, Regulatory)

Government of Canada

This recent update includes Classification of full length SARS-CoV-2 RNA as a Risk Group 2 human pathogen and a Risk Group 1 animal pathogen.

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Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidance for Research with SARS-CoV-2 and IBC Requirements under the NIH Guidelines (Website, Regulatory)

NIH

17 March 2020

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Laboratory biosafety recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 (Website)

Labconco

17 March 2020