laboratory contamination Archives

Statement of the Forty-fourth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee

WHO

4 March 2026

Poliovirus PHEIC ongoing since 2014. WHO and CDC require all laboratory workers handling poliovirus or specimens potentially containing poliovirus to be fully vaccinated with IPV. Following global certification of wild poliovirus type 2 and type 3 eradication, all WPV2 and WPV3 work must occur in poliovirus-essential facilities (PEFs) under WHO Global Action Plan III (GAPIII) containment standards. USDA ARS laboratories should confirm no unauthorized poliovirus materials are retained in freezer inventories.

keywords: cVDPV, GAPIII, laboratory contamination, PHEIC, Poliovirus, vaccination, WPV1

Bloodborne Viral Pathogen Contamination in the Era of Laboratory Automation

AACC, Clinical Chemistry

1 July 2022

Bryan A., et.al
An interesting reference for testing for SARS-CoV-2 and others — A low level of viral contamination of automated clinical laboratory equipment occurs in clinical use. Given the risks associated with highly infectious agents, there is a need for risk-mitigation procedures when handling all samples.

keywords: aerosol, containment, covid-19, laboratory, laboratory contamination, laboratory testing

Ebola 2014: Clarifying the Confusion—A Public Health and Laboratory Containment Perspective

Applied Biosafety: Journal of ABSA International

1 September 2014

Channing D. Sheets and Patricia L. Payne
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3, 2014

keywords: ebola, laboratory contamination, public health

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