Characterizing Accidents, Exposures, and Laboratory-acquired Infections Repor…

Abstract: The goal of this project is to identify and characterize the types of incidents, accidents, exposures, and subsequent infections involving recombinant DNA materials that have occurred since the inception of biotechnology and oversight by NIH from June 1976 through December 31, 2010, a period spanning approximately 35 years of recombinant DNA research. A total of 197 records were iden…