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10/24/2022: Lab Update: Register for CDC’s Upcoming Packing and Shipping for Suspected Ebola Specimens Webinar
Audience: Clinical Laboratories
Level: Laboratory Update
Although the risk of a travel-associated Ebola case in the United States is low, CDC’s OneLab Network will host a webinar to support laboratory preparedness for a current outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused by the Sudan virus (species Sudan ebolavirus) in Uganda.
OneLab is hosting the Packing and Shipping Considerations for Suspected Ebola Specimens Webinar on Thursday, October 27 from 1-2 PM ET to raise awareness of this outbreak as a precaution and to remind our partners about best practices.
Following an update about the outbreak, CDC will share expectations in the event a patient in the United States is a person under investigation (PUI) for Ebola. The webinar will explain biosafety considerations, including how specimens should be collected, packaged, and shipped for testing at specific public health laboratories.
Register for this free, online webinar.
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Resources
- CDC Ebola Virus Disease Website
- Guidance for Collection, Transport and Submission of Specimens for Ebola Virus Testing
- Department of Transportation Transporting Infectious Substances Overview
- Department of Transportation Transporting Infectious Substances Safely
- eCFR :: 49 CFR 173.196 — Category A infectious substances
Questions?
- If you are a clinical or public health laboratory professional, contact LOCS.
- For media inquiries, contact the CDC Newsroom.
- For all other questions, contact CDC-INFO.
Thank you,
The Laboratory Outreach Communication System
Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) | Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS)
Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)