Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Perspective
Preparing a Community Hospital to Manage Work-related Exposures to Infectious Agents in BioSafety Level 3 and 4 Laboratories
George F. Risi
, Marshall E. Bloom, Nancy P. Hoe, Thomas Arminio, Paul Carlson, Tamara Powers, Heinz Feldmann, and Deborah Wilson
, Marshall E. Bloom, Nancy P. Hoe, Thomas Arminio, Paul Carlson, Tamara Powers, Heinz Feldmann, and Deborah WilsonTable 2
Infections caused by laboratory exposure to hemorrhagic fever viruses*
| Virus | Incident |
|---|---|
| Ebola | Fingerstick while manipulating infected guinea pig tissue, 1977 (5); percutaneous exposure to blood from a Zaire Ebola virus–infected rodent, 2004 (7) |
| Marburg | 3 laboratory acquired infections since the mid-1980s; 1 death occurred in Russia; no details available (8) |
| Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever | 8 cases before 1980 compiled by SALS; no details available (9) |
| Lassa | 1 case reported in 1970 with limited details provided (10) |
| Junin | 21 cases before 1980 compiled by SALS; no details available (9) |
| Machupo | 1 person exposed to aerosolized blood from a broken test tube (11) |
*SALS, Subcommittee on Arbovirus Laboratory Safety.
