M29-A3

Protection of Laboratory Workers From Occupationally Acquired Infections; Approved Guideline - Third Edition

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document M29-A3, Protection of Laboratory Workers From Occupationally Acquired Infections; Approved Guideline - Third Edition is intended to be a practical tool for laboratory and healthcare workers. It promotes the essence of good laboratory practice to protect workers from infectious diseases encountered in the workplace. A few of the many laboratory practices that reduce the risk of infection include: standard precautions, safety devices, personal protective equipment, and appropriate decontamination and disposal of biological hazards. New information is included on packaging and shipping infectious substances, prions, agents of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, airborne transmission of emerging pathogens, and organisms resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents.