title: Policy and procedural guidelines for the health and safety of workers in virus laboratories.
abstract: Through the use of a (a) a questionnaire, designed to elicit background information, (b) a serological survey, designed to obtain a picture of virus dissemination, and (c) a library review, designed to gain insight into the area of virus laboratory problems, the state of hazard in animal virus laboratories at Yale was evaluated. On the basis of this evaluation, a series of recommended guidelines for protecting the health and safety of workers in those laboratories was formulated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001717:Birds; D003237:Connecticut; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D014495:Universities; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral