November 2001 - Quarterly Biosafety Listings - Office of Laboratory Security

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November - 2001

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Bioterrorism and hospitals: Parma Security's plan to meet the threat. Hosp Secur Saf Manage 1999;20:11-14.

Abdala N, Gleghorn A, Carney JM, Heimer R. Use of bleach to disinfect HIV-1 contaminated syringes. Am Clin Lab 2001;20:26-28.

Boutet R, Stuart JM, Jones DM, Kaczmarski EB. Prevention of meningococcal infection in laboratory workers - an audit of practice in England and Wales. Commun Dis Public Health 2001;4:130-32.

Charrel RN, de Chesse R, Decaudin A, De Micco P, de Lamballerie X. Evaluation of disinfectant efficacy against hepatitis C virus using a RT-PCR-based method. J Hosp Infect 2001;49:129-34.

Cid-Arregui A, Juarez V. Biosafety recommendations for working with viral vectors. Viral Vectors 2000;609-18.

Dennis DT, Inglesby TV, Henderson DA, Bartlett JG, Ascher MS, Eitzen E et al. Tularemia as a biological weapon: medical and public health management. JAMA 2001;285:2763-73.

Dixon DM. Coccidioides immitis as a select agent of bioterrorism. J Appl Microbiol 2001;91:602-05.

Dufault R, Abelquist E, Crooks S, Demers D, Diberardinis L, Franklin T et al. Reducing environmental risk associated with laboratory decommissioning and property transfer. Environ Health Perspect 2000;108(Suppl 6):1015-22.

Farrell K. Bioterrorism be prepared for this real threat. Mich Med 2001;100:38-39.

Fraud S, Maillard JY, Russell AD. Comparison of the mycobactericidal activity of ortho- phthalaldehyde, glutaraldehyde and other dialdehydes by a quantitative suspension test. J Hosp Infect 2001;48:214-21.

Gilroy N, Formica N, Beers M, Egan A, Conaty S, Marmion B. Abattoir-associated Q fever: a Q fever outbreak during a Q fever vaccination program. Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25:362-67.

Gorka S, Sullivan R. Attention to bioweapons obscures the real threats. Nature 2001;412:15.

Griest WH, Wise MB, Hart KJ, Lammert SA, Thompson CV, Vass AA. Biological agent detection and identification by the block II chemical biological mass spectrometer. Field Analytical Chemistry And Technology 2001;5:177-84.

Grizzle WE, Fredenburgh J. Avoiding biohazards in medical, veterinary and research laboratories. Biotech Histochem 2001;76:183-206.

Gupta AK, Ahmad I, Summerbell RC. Comparative efficacies of commonly used disinfectants and antifungal pharmaceutical spray preparations against dermatophytic fungi. Med Mycol 2001;39:321-28.

Henchal EA, Teska JD, Ludwig GV, Shoemaker DR, Ezzell JW. Current laboratory methods for biological threat agent identification. Clin Lab Med 2001;21:661-78.

Hull HF, Aylward RB. Progress towards global polio eradication. Vaccine 2001;19:4378-84.

Jones RN, Biedenbach DJ. Validation of cefditoren MIC quality control ranges by a multi-laboratory study (2001). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2001;40:71-73.

Khan AS, Ashford DA. Ready or not - preparedness for bioterrorism. N Engl J Med 2001;345:287-89.

Knight J. US rejects bioweapon inspections. Nature 2001;412:365.

Lambert RJW. Advances in disinfection testing and modelling. J Appl Microbiol 2001;91:351-63.

Laurenson IF, Whyte AS, Fox C. Iatrogenic prion infection. N Engl J Med 2001;345:840-41.

Leifert C, Cassells AC. Microbial hazards in plant tissue and cell cultures. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant 2001;37:133-38.

Luebbert PP. Biosafety measures in the clinical laboratory. Lab Med 2001;32:435-39.

Madsen JM. Toxins as weapons of mass destruction - a comparison and contrast with biological-warfare and chemical-warfare agents. Clin Lab Med 2001;21:593-+.

Marty AM. History of the development and use of biological weapons. Clin Lab Med 2001;21:421-+.

Marty AM, Conran RM, Kortepeter MG. Recent challenges in infectious diseases - biological pathogens as weapons and emerging endemic threats. Clin Lab Med 2001;21:411-+.

Miner NA, Taylor MA, Bernal SE, Harris VL, Sichinga MJ. Culture age and drying time as variables of the AOAC sporicidal test. J AOAC Int 2001;84:1159-63.

Minor PD. Biosafety consequences of eradication of wild-type polioviruses. Lancet 2001;358:166-68.

Modlin JF, Snider DE, Brooks DA, Clover RD, Guerra FA, Helms CM et al. Use of anthrax vaccine in the United States: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices (Reprinted from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol 49, pg 1-20, 2000). J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2001;39:85-100.

Nakano N, Nagashima K. An automatic monitor of formaldehyde in air by a monitoring tape method. J Environ Monit 1999;1:255-58.

Oh M, Kim N, Huh M, Choi C, Lee E, Kim I et al. Scrub Typhus pneumonitis acquired through the respiratory tract in a laboratory worker. Infection 2001;29:54-56.

Petrosillo N, Puro V, De Carli G, Ippolito G, Siroh G. Risks faced by laboratory workers in the AIDS era. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 2001;15:243-48.

Pietsch H. Hand antiseptics: rubs versus scrubs, alcoholic solutions versus alcoholic gels. J Hosp Infect 2001;48:S33-S36.

Raghunath LGD. Biological warfare: bioterrorism. Natl Med J India 2001;14:194-96.

Rotter ML. Arguments for alcoholic hand disinfection. J Hosp Infect 2001;48:S4-S8.

Russell AD. Mechanisms of bacterial insusceptibility to biocides. Am J Infect Control 2001;29:259-61.

Rutala WA, Weber DJ. Surface disinfection: should we do it? J Hosp Infect 2001;48:S64-S68.

Schultz-Cherry S, King DJ, Koci MD. Inactivation of an astrovirus associated with poult enteritis mortality syndrome. Avian Dis 2001;45:76-82.

Schweizer HP. Triclosan: a widely used biocide and its link to antibiotics. Fems Microbiology Letters 2001;202:1-7.

Sotos JG. Botulinum toxin in biowarfare. JAMA 2001;285:2716.

Srinivasan A, Kraus CN, DeShazer D, Becker PM, Dick JD, Spacek L et al. Glanders in a military research microbiologist. N Engl J Med 2001;345:256-58.

Steinmann J. Some principles of virucidal testing. J Hosp Infect 2001;48:S15-S17.

Sutter RW, Tangermann RH, Aylward RB, Cochi SL. Poliomyelitis eradication: progress, challenges for the end game, and preparation for the post-eradication era. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2001;15:41-64.

Taylor DM. Resistance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents to decontamination. Prions 2001;7:58-67.

Vanner CL, Combs W-SJ, Bertrand T, Bandy U. Identifying bacterial agents of bioterrorism: the pivotal role of the laboratory response network .2. Med Health R I 2001;84:178-80.

Waeckerle JF, Seamans S, Whiteside M, Pons PT, White S, Burstein JL et al. Executive summary: developing objectives, content, and competencies for the training of emergency medical technicians, emergency physicians, and emergency nurses to care for casualties resulting from nuclear, biological, or chemical incidents. Ann Emerg Med 2001;37:587-601.

Wheat PF. History and development of antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodology. J Antimicrob Chemother 2001;48(Suppl 1):1-4.

Wolff MH, Schmitt J, Rahaus M, Konig A. Hepatitis A virus: a test method for virucidal activity. J Hosp Infect 2001;48:S18-S22.

Worthington K. Working with glutaraldehyde. Am J Nurs 2001;101:88.

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