Bioimaging in a High Containment Laboratory

Laboratory containment of SARS virus.

Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, a large number of clinical and environmental samples containing/potentially containing SARS coronavirus (SARSCoV) as well as SARS-CoV stocks were retained in clinical and research laboratories. The importance of laboratory biosafety was demonstrated by the occurrence of laboratory incidents in Singapore, Taiwan and Beijing...

1 Laboratory Biosafety in Containment Laboratories

Microbiological research on and diagnostics of highly pathogenic microorganisms, namely bacteria and viruses, have to be conducted in containment laboratories in order to contain the infectious material. We are therefore referring to the ‘‘Concept of Biocontainment’’ – a concept, which dates back to the 1940s, when the first biosafety cabinet (BSC) class III was developed at the US Army Biologi...

Laboratory test support for Ebola patients within a high-containment facility.

Laboratory systems as an antibacterial resistance containment tool in Africa

INTRODUCTION As crucial as clinical laboratories are to preventing, identifying and managing resistance problems, laboratory scientists are among the most overlooked stakeholders. This review outlines the contributions that diagnostic laboratory systems should make toward all five of the World Health Organization's 2015 strategic objectives for antimicrobial resistance containment. LABORATORY...

The laboratory containment of wild poliovirus in Australia.

Because circulation of wild poliovirus in the region has been interrupted, the only known sources of wild poliovirus remaining are within the region’s laboratories. These laboratories may store specimens from known poliomyelitis cases or store other materials that are potentially infected with wild poliovirus (Box 1). Therefore, the task of poliomyelitis eradication will not be complete until a...