Laboratory biorisk management publications
Core documents
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Guidance on regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances 2013-2014 (Applicable as from 1 January 2013)
Publication date: 2013 -
Laboratory Biorisk Management: Strategic Framework for Action 2012–2016
Publication date: 2012 -
Guidance on regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances (previous versions)
Publication date: 2008-2004 -
Biorisk management: Laboratory biosecurity guidance
Publication date: 2006 -
Laboratory Biosafety Manual - Third Edition
Publication date: 2004 -
Transport of Infectious Substances
Publication date: 2004
Training materials and tools
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Infectious Substances Shipping Training - a course for shippers
Publication: 2013 -
A Guide for Shippers of Infectious Substances, 2013
Publication: 2013 -
Biorisk Management Advanced Trainer Programme (BRM ATP)
Publication: 2012
Disease specific recommendations
Novel Coronavirus 2012
Avian influenza A(H5N1)
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Guidance for adoption of appropriate risk control measures to conduct safe research on H5N1 transmission
Publication: 10 July 2012
Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus
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Instructions for shipments of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 specimens and virus isolates to WHO Collaborating Centres for influenza
Publication: 16 July 2009 -
Instructions for storage and transport of suspected or confirmed human and animal specimens and virus isolates of pandemic (H1N1) 2009
16 July 2009 (originally posted on 20 May 2009 and revised on 12 June 2009) -
Laboratory biorisk management for laboratories handling human specimens suspected or confirmed to contain influenza A (H1N1) causing the current international epidemics
Publication: 6 May 2009