U.S. National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (NAC)

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U.S. National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (NAC) Launches Survey to Identify Potentially Contaminated Samples

The US National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (NAC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched its survey, the National Inventory for Poliovirus Containment, to identify facilities in the United States that possess any materials that could potentially contain poliovirus. Laboratories, storage sites, and other facilities should complete the survey if they test, extract, handle, or store biological samples from humans, experimentally infected animals, sewage, or environmental waters. Click or tap hereexternal icon to complete the survey. For more information, contact the NACexternal icon at 404.718.5160 or poliocontainment@cdc.gov.

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U.S. National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (NAC) Launches Survey to Identify Potentially Contaminated Samples

Dear Laboratory Partners,

The US National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (NAC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently launched its survey, the National Inventory for Poliovirus Containmentexternal icon, as part of the WHO Global Action Planexternal icon (GAP III). In compliance with GAP III, the US is required to complete a national inventory of poliovirus-containing materials by surveying laboratories and other facilities. The initial surveyexternal icon was released in 2015 in order to identify facilities with infectious poliovirus materials and potentially infectious stool specimens. The survey responses were used to identify candidate Poliovirus-Essential Facilities for containment certification.

This new survey focuses on identifying facilities with potentially infectious materials (PIM). PIM includes human respiratory secretion and fecal specimens collected for non-polio related work in a time and place where at least one of the following is true:

• wild poliovirus (WPV) was circulating
• vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) was circulating
• oral polio vaccine (OPV) was in use

Who should take this survey? Laboratories and other facilities that have materials collected in the United States before 2001 and/or outside of the U.S. The survey should be completed by laboratories, storage sites, or other facility types that test, extract, handle, or store biological samples from humans, experimentally infected animals, sewage, or environmental waters. The survey questions are intended to identify facilities that possess any materials that could potentially contain poliovirus.

Click or tap hereexternal icon to access the survey. For more information, contact the NACexternal icon at 404.718.5160 or poliocontainment@cdc.gov.

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