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Laboratory guidance for the diagnosis of Ebola virus disease

Generic guidelines

How to safely collect blood samples from persons suspected to be infected with highly infectious blood-borne pathogens (e.g. Ebola)
August 2014

Laboratory assessment tool
2012

Guidance on regulations for the transport of infectious substances 2013–2014
2012

Laboratory quality management system: handbook
2011

Quality management systems

Stepwise implementation of a quality management system for a health laboratory

Laboratory quality stepwise implementation tool

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Laboratory issues for epidemiologists 

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Laboratory biorisk management publications

A Guide for shippers of infectious substances, 2013

Guidance on regulations for the transport of infectious substances 2013–2014

Biorisk management advanced trainer programme (BRM ATP)

Interim recommendations for laboratory biorisk management

Laboratory biorisk management for laboratories handling pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus

Laboratory diagnosis

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza

How to safely collect blood samples from persons suspected to be infected with highly infectious blood-borne pathogens

Revised testing algorithms, assay protocols and reagent availability

Laboratory testing, interim recommendations

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