Can't Touch This! Contamination of Laboratory Equipment with Bloodborne Pathogens.

In the July 2016 issue of Clinical Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Bryan and colleagues report on their investigation into the levels of blood-borne viral pathogen contamination of a total laboratory automation system. This article was accompanied by an editorial by Dr. Carey-Ann Burnham and Dr. Susan Butler-Wu. They joined us for this podcast. Carey-Ann Burnham is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Susan Butler-Wu is the Director of Clinical Microbiology at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles and an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Southern California.