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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
Description:
On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced an official name for the disease that is causing the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19. CDC will be updating our website and other CDC materials to reflect the updated name.

Revisions were made on February 10, 2020, to reflect the following:

- The term “certified” was added to clarify that a certified Class II Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) should be used for any laboratory procedure with the potential to generate aerosols or droplets.

- Additional details were provided for any laboratory procedures that are performed outside of a BSC.

- Additional details were provided about the use of EPA-registered hospital disinfectants.

- Additional details were provided for handling 2019-nCoV laboratory waste.

- The need for both site- and activity-specific risk assessments was added to determine if additional laboratory biosafety control measures are necessary.


Content Notes:
General Guidelines (for working with potentially infectious materials) -- Specific Guidelines -- Clinical Laboratory Testing -- Packing, Shipping and Transport -- Resources.
Subject:
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Containment Of Biohazards
Coronavirus Infections
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Respiratory Tract Infections/diagnosis
Safety
Specimen Handling

Series:
2019 novel coronavirus, Wuhan, China
Document Type:
Webpage
Genre:
Guideline
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:54283555d820bbdbb9c0495fe48bed2335230f15b662ba86b1c4eec05822471c
File Type:

Supporting Files

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