Cultures, tissues, specimens of body fluids, or wastes are placed in a container that prevents leakage during collection, handling, processing, storage, transport, or shipping. Spills and accidents that result in overt or potential exposures to infectious materials are immediately reported to the laboratory director. Appropriate medical evaluation, surveillance, and treatment are provided and written records are maintained. Animals and plants not related to the work being conducted are not permitted in the laboratory. Protective clothing is not worn outside the laboratory.
Reusable clothing is decontaminated before being laundered.
Clothing is changed when overtly contaminated. Gloves must be worn when handling infectious materials, infected animals, and when handling contaminated equipment. Frequent changing of gloves accompanied by hand washing is recommended. Disposable gloves are not reused. All manipulations of infectious materials, necropsy of infected animals, harvesting of tissues or fluids from infected animals or embroyonate eggs, etc., are conducted in a Class II or Class III biological safety cabinet.