COVID-19 Considerations for Basic and Translational Research

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PROTOCOLS for Research Labs Handling SARS-CoV-2 samples

  • 1.  PROTOCOLS for Research Labs Handling SARS-CoV-2 samples

    Posted 03-25-2020 12:05
    Just off a SITC Teleconference -
    Tom Gajewski's lab is working with samples, has aa coronavirus expert in his lab and has agreed to post protocols here..

    I will add our protocols - once formalized. We are using the 

    Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition


    Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition
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    Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition
    Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) quickly became the cornerstone of biosafety practice and policy in the United States upon first publication in 1984. Historically, the information in this publication has been advisory is nature even though legislation and regulation, in some circumstances, have overtaken it and made compliance with the guidance provided mandatory.
    View this on Cdc >
    https://www.cdc.gov/labs/BMBL.html


    and 

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/lab/lab-biosafety-guidelines.html



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    Bernard Fox PhD
    Harder Family Chair for Cancer Research
    Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute
    Portland OR
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