Release of a Select Agent or Toxin

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S) ; Center for Preparedness and Response (U.S.). Division of Select Agents and Toxins. ; United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Agriculture Select Agent Program.
• Description:
  An entity is required by regulation to notify the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) immediately upon the discovery of the release of a select agent or toxin in a laboratory. Both entities registered with the program, as well as unregistered entities (such as clinical or diagnostic laboratories that may identify a select agent or toxin from a specimen for testing purposes), must immediately report this information.
  
  While there is always some risk in working with these agents, our goal is to get as close to zero risk as possible. Unfortunately, sometimes incidents do occur, and this process helps to manage those situations.
  
  CS314051-A
  
  
• Subjects:
  Biological Warfare Agents Bioterrorism Containment Of Biohazards Food Inspection Hazardous Substances Program Development Security Measures
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Name as Subject:
  Federal Select Agent Program
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  ORR
• Division:
  ORR
• Collection(s):
  Historical CDC.gov Content
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:07fbd1c1d34363ad86aa36ac5f0e978f110727e28a03775d7649bf1d09ea6dcb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/139973/cdc_139973_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 540.48 KB ]