Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for the Handling and Transport of Samples Associated with the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) | NLM

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Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for the Handling and Transport of Samples Associated with the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV)

01/28/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 1/28/2020. This 10-page document provides laboratory biosafety guidelines for the handling and transport of samples associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and details why it is necessary to maintain and strengthen biosafety measures, including personal protection procedures, to work with samples from suspected cases of respiratory pathogen infection. (PDF)