Biosecurity in pathology laboratories; COVID-19 pandemic. Narrative review
World Health Organization in its laboratory biosafety manual, classifies infectious agents into 4 risk groups ranging from level 1 to 4, these levels provide a series of procedures for the protection of laboratory personnel. After the risk assessment, SARS-CoV-2 is a pathogenic virus with a high mor...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4c8df9c7a64e4942a24ff9c3026659d3 2023-10-01T03:54:04+02:00 Biosecurity in pathology laboratories; COVID-19 pandemic. Narrative review Walter Oqueli Vásquez Bonilla Héctor Silva Cárcamo 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4053657 https://doaj.org/article/4c8df9c7a64e4942a24ff9c3026659d3 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/32616 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 doi:10.5281/zenodo.4053657 https://doaj.org/article/4c8df9c7a64e4942a24ff9c3026659d3 Kasmera, Vol 48, Iss 2, Pp e48232616-e48232616 (2020) bioseguridad covid-19 patología laboratorio sars-cov-2 Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4053657 2023-09-03T00:47:22Z World Health Organization in its laboratory biosafety manual, classifies infectious agents into 4 risk groups ranging from level 1 to 4, these levels provide a series of procedures for the protection of laboratory personnel. After the risk assessment, SARS-CoV-2 is a pathogenic virus with a high mortality rate and a problem for public health, which has been classified in risk group level 3. Surgical pathology and cytology activities typical of pathology laboratories are carried out under a biosafety level 2, due to the classification of SARS-CoV-2 within risk group 3, it is necessary to reinforce security measures to protect personnel, these laboratories play an important role in histopathological diagnosis, providing information on the pathophysiology of the disease and the mechanisms that lead to the death of patients; which will make it possible to improve the treatment of the disease and design effective public health policies. This review describes the biosecurity measures that must be implemented in pathology laboratories during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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World Health Organization in its laboratory biosafety manual, classifies infectious agents into 4 risk groups ranging from level 1 to 4, these levels provide a series of procedures for the protection of laboratory personnel. After the risk assessment, SARS-CoV-2 is a pathogenic virus with a high mortality rate and a problem for public health, which has been classified in risk group level 3. Surgical pathology and cytology activities typical of pathology laboratories are carried out under a biosafety level 2, due to the classification of SARS-CoV-2 within risk group 3, it is necessary to reinforce security measures to protect personnel, these laboratories play an important role in histopathological diagnosis, providing information on the pathophysiology of the disease and the mechanisms that lead to the death of patients; which will make it possible to improve the treatment of the disease and design effective public health policies. This review describes the biosecurity measures that must be implemented in pathology laboratories during the current COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Biosecurity in pathology laboratories; COVID-19 pandemic. Narrative review |
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