Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – September 1, 2014
September 1, 2014
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CDC, NIH lab lapses with deadly agents lead to calls to halt research
A recent series of stunning lapses and oversights in federal research labs working with deadly pathogens and potential bioterror agents has heightened calls for a moratorium on such research until biosafety and security can be assured. -
Lab incidents divide scientists on research
A series of biosafety breaches in federal labs working with highly pathogenic agents has created a rift in the research community, with some calling for a moratorium until safety can be assured and other scientists arguing that this important work should continue with appropriate precautions to prepare for pandemics and bioterror attacks. -
Live smallpox long forgotten at the NIH
The most shocking of the recent laboratory mishaps and biosafety breaches was the discovery of a long-forgotten cache of live smallpox in a lab storage area at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. -
Out of Africa: Ebola cases come to U.S.
As the first two cases of Ebola ever treated in the U.S. were recently admitted to a special containment unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, clinicians and public health officials continued to reassure a jittery public that infection control measures would prevent transmission and contain the virus. -
CDC surges Ebola response, sends 50 more personnel
The ongoing record outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is killing six out of every ten people infected. And that, grimly enough, is the good news. -
Nebraska biocontainment unit preparing for Ebola
Federal public health officials recently contacted clinicians at the Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit in Omaha to determine if the facility could house Ebola patients if needed as the record outbreak in Western Africa continues.