Guidelines for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories Version 2.0: A Revised and Updated Manual for 2019.

ABSTRACT: The original Guidelines for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories were developed in 2012 in response to an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that originated from clinical and teaching microbiology laboratories. In the 7 years since the publication of the guidelines, there have been two subsequent CDC-reported Salmonella outbreaks originating from clinical and teaching microbiology laboratories. Use of and issues with the guidelines by ASM members have been tracked by various means since publication, and in 2018 it became apparent that an update of the guidelines was necessary. The Education Board of the American Society for Microbiology charged this task force with updating the guidelines based on the accumulated information. Wh

SUBMITTER: Byrd JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6914345 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature