Open AccessClinical Laboratory Biosafety Gaps: Lessons Learned from Past Outbreaks Reveal a Path to a Safer Future
Author(s) -
Nancy E. Cornish,
Nancy Anderson,
Diego G Arambula,
Matthew J. Arduino,
Andrew Bryan,
Nancy Burton,
Bin Chen,
Beverly Dickson,
Judith Giri,
Natasha K Griffith,
Michael Pentella,
Reynolds M. Salerno,
Paramjit Sandhu,
James W. Snyder,
Christopher A. Tormey,
Elizabeth A. Wagar,
Elizabeth Weirich,
Sheldon Campbell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical microbiology reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.177
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1070-6305
pISSN - 0893-8512
DOI - 10.1128/cmr.00126-18
Subject(s) - biosafety , medicine , medical laboratory , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology
Patient care and public health require timely, reliable laboratory testing. However, clinical laboratory professionals rarely know whether patient specimens contain infectious agents, making ensuring biosafety while performing testing procedures challenging.