4 ms·
In general, when you come across any sample that's not yours or something whose label you can't read or don't recognize, you don't touch it at all until you can
by nathannecro 12y ago
In general, when you come across any sample that's not yours or something whose label you can't read or don't recognize, you don't touch it at all until you can find someone who does. If you can't find anybody, you handle that sample as if it contains poison - even if it's just a long-dead colony.
I assume that the CDC/FDA/NIH have more stringent protocol in place.
- maxerickson 12y agoMeanwhile: OFFICIALS at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently discovered that at least 75 workers there had been exposed to possible anthrax infection. and Based on current reports, the problem arose when anthrax — incorrectly thought to be dead — was removed from the high-containment lab and exposed people who had no knowledge that they were in contact with live bacteria. from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/opinion/anthrax-thats-not-the-real-worry.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/opinion/anthrax-thats-not-...
- nathannecro 12y agoYeah, I read that. Just like in all disasters, the biggest contributor to catastrophic failure is human error. I'm sure the protocols were in place to prevent something like this from happening.