High-Containment Laboratories: Coordinated Actions Needed to Enhance the Select Agent Program's Oversight of Hazardous Pathogens

Abstract

Safety lapses continue to occur at some of the 276 laboratories in the United States that conduct research on select agents - such as Ebola virus or anthrax bacteria - that may cause serious or lethal infection in humans, animals, or plants, raising concerns about whether oversight is effective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176741

Entities

People

  • John Neumann
  • Timothy M. Persons

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Diseases
  • Biological Laboratories
  • Biosafety
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ebola Virus
  • Employment
  • Food Safety
  • Governments
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Microbiology
  • National Governments
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Risk Management
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology