Instructions for monitoring health of laboratory workers and for destroying influenza A (H2N2) samples

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• Alternative Title:
  Instructions for monitoring health of laboratory workers and for destroying influenza A (H2N2) samples
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Friday, April 15, 2005, 0:20 EDT (12:20 PM EDT)
  
  CDCHAN-00228-2005-04-15-UPD-N
  
  On April 13, 2005, CDC issued a Health Advisory describing the inadvertent distribution of influenza A (H2N2) samples to domestic and international laboratories and recommending that those samples be destroyed immediately. This update provides instructions for 1) monitoring for and reporting influenza-like illness among laboratory workers who might have been exposed to the A (H2N2) samples and 2) destroying influenza A (H2N2) samples by use of autoclaves, incineration, or chemical decontamination.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Influenza, Human Influenza A Virus, H2N2 Subtype Influenza In Birds Laboratory Personnel Laboratory Proficiency Testing/methods
• Source:
  HAN ; 228
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Update
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  228
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8aaf027eb03c7ae55b01686a516f1b2ce98c8ade4dece62bfe2506857b23cb9d4eec2915e6ce047278b429fcd8df457f54da6406cb4276306edc465b214c7de6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25139/cdc_25139_DS1.pdf
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