Hello! I just registered here because I have a hard time getting opinions on this document I found a couple of years ago:
Department of Health and Human Services
Individuals working with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
hepatitis B virus (HBV) or other bloodborne pathogens should consult
Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens; Final Rule (56 FR 64175-
64182). BL2 containment is recommended for activities involving all
blood-contaminated clinical specimens, body fluids, and tissues from
all humans, or from HIV- or HBV-infected or inoculated laboratory
animals. Activities such as the production of research-laboratory scale
quantities of HIV or other bloodborne pathogens, manipulating
concentrated virus preparations, or conducting procedures that may
produce droplets or aerosols, are performed in a BL2 facility using the
additional practices and containment equipment recommended for BL3.
Activities involving industrial scale volumes or preparations of
concentrated HIV are conducted in a BL3 facility, or BL3 Large Scale if
appropriate, using BL3 practices and containment equipment.
Exotic plant pathogens and animal pathogens of domestic livestock
and poultry are restricted and may require special laboratory design,
operation and containment features not addressed in Biosafety in
Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (see Section V-C, Footnotes
and References of Sections I through IV). For information regarding the
importation, possession, or use of these agents see Sections V-G and V-
H, Footnotes and References of Sections I through IV.
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