Washington State Recalls 12,000 COVID-19 Test Kits Due to Possible Contamination
On April 17, 2020, the Washington State Department of Health was alerted by UW Medicine to discontinue use of a ...
Tag: Biosafety
CDC Coronavirus Test Kit Failure Due to Contamination
Fallout from the agency’s failed rollout of national coronavirus kits two months ago continues to haunt U.S. efforts to combat ...
DOD Biological Threat Reduction Program Should Be Part of a New Interagency Mechanism to Coordinate Efforts to Prevent Biological Threats
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) provides a five-year strategic vision for the ...
Global Health Security Partnerships: Expanding and Improving Public Health Laboratory Strategies and System
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Global Health (CDC CGH) has issued a grant funding notice ...
EPA Releases List of Disinfectants to Use Against COVID-19
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of EPA-registered disinfectant products that have qualified for use against ...
Whistleblower Complaint Details Chaotic Handling of U.S. Quarantine Logistics, Potential Community Exposures
HHS deployed personnel from the Administration for Children and Families, who have little to no experience in infection prevention protocols, ...
The Future Biosecurity Implications of Thousands of Samples Taken During Outbreaks
We learned from the 2014–16 West Africa Ebola outbreaks that during the emergency, the future biosecurity implications of of sample ...
CDC Approves Partial Resumption of USAMRIID Select Agent Research
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) will resume limited research, following a successful recent inspection by ...
Biosafety Levels in Laboratories – What is the Difference?
In July 2019, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) ceased research operations after failing to ...
Explosion Confirmed at Russian Lab Storing Smallpox, Ebola
One worker was hospitalized after a gas explosion on Sep. 16 caused a fire to break out at the Russian ...
DoD Inspector General to Reevaluate Select Agent Facilities, Biosafety Oversight
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoD OIG) is conducting a Follow-Up Evaluation of DoD Biological Select ...
How Does USAMRIID Shut Down Impact Nation’s Bioterrorism Laboratory Response Network?
The Laboratory Response Network (LRN) is a collaborative federal effort run by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Research Halted at USAMRIID Over Biosafety Issues
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), the only Biosafety Level 4 laboratory in the Department of ...
Portable Isolation Unit: Coast Guard-Developed System for Evacuating Infectious or Contaminated Patients
The Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015 was notable for a number of important reasons: it was the largest outbreak in history, ...
‘TIS the Way to Transport a Highly Contagious Patient by Air
U.S. Air Force personnel conducted training on the Transportation Isolation System (TIS), an enclosure the Defense Department can use to ...
BSL-3 Laboratory Training
UC Irvine will host an integrated course for high containment laboratory safety practices 28 Jan - 1 Feb 2019 in ...
2018 Ebola Virus & Emerging Infectious Disease Summit
The 2018 Virginia Ebola & Highly Infectious Disease Summit will be held Nov. 19, 2018 in Winchester, Virginia. Highlighted presentations ...
CDC to Build New BSL-4 High-Containment Continuity Laboratory (HCCL)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) operates high-containment laboratories (HCLs) to study some of the most virulent threats ...
USAMRIID Temporarily Halts Activity at BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories
The U.S. Army for Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) has suspended Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level ...
NIH Awards Contract for Management of Biocontainment Facility at Fort Detrick
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) is part of the National Interagency Biodefense ...
