Biosafety measures for preventing infection from COVID-19 in clinical laboratories: IFCC Taskforce Recommendations.
Clin Chem Lab Med
; 58(7): 1053-1062, 2020 06 25.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-937252
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the third coronavirus outbreak that has emerged in the past 20 years, after severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). One important aspect, highlighted by many global health organizations, is that this novel coronavirus outbreak may be especially hazardous to healthcare personnel, including laboratory professionals. Therefore, the aim of this document, prepared by the COVID-19 taskforce of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC), is to provide a set of recommendations, adapted from official documents of international and national health agencies, on biosafety measures for routine clinical chemistry laboratories that operate at biosafety levels 1 (BSL-1; work with agents posing minimal threat to laboratory workers) and 2 (BSL-2; work with agents associated with human disease which pose moderate hazard). We believe that the interim measures proposed in this document for best practice will help minimazing the risk of developing COVID-19 while working in clinical laboratories.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Containment of Biohazards
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Chem Lab Med
Journal subject:
Chemistry, Clinical
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Laboratory Techniques and procedures
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cclm-2020-0633
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