Abstract: The underlying causes of many reported laboratory associated infections (LAIs) are often not objectively identified and are generally attributed to poor laboratory technique or surface contamination in the laboratory. While training and practice can enhance laboratory technique, an objective evaluation of laboratory surface cleanliness is typically not performed. However, this is no…
Abstract: In fiscal year 2000, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H) Biological Safety Program began systematically assembling data on a monthly basis that described various program activities. By the end of fiscal year 2009, a decade of data had been collected, so the information was summarized into a novel program prospectus that displayed various indicator para…