CDC Operations and Facilities

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B-roll of CDC operations, facilities and applications

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BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratory Training Facilities – April 2021

Footage of the Laboratory Training Facility for Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories
April 21, 2021 - This b-roll shows CDC's newest laboratory training facility, where laboratory scientists prepare for future work with infectious agents.

CDC Laboratory Robot Performing SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing

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July 15, 2020 - This b-roll depicts the lab work involved in serology testing. This laboratory robot performs all the steps of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody test from sample loading through antibody detection in one workflow, and it can test over 3,600 samples a day. A public health scientist can test about 400 samples a day by hand. The use of automated laboratory robots will improve antibody testing capacity, resulting in more data to help monitor and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CDC Polio Lab Video 2019

Polio Lab
CDC Scientists engaged in various tests and procedures related to polio

Biosafety Lab 3 (BSL3)

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CDC scientist in appropriate personal protective equipment isolates and tests for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

PulseNet

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PulseNet is a national laboratory network that connects cases of foodborne illnesses cases together using DNA fingerprinting of the bacteria making people sick. Various shots show a microbiologist going through the process of one type of DNA fingerprinting technique, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The last few clips show database managers analyzing these DNA fingerprints in the national databases in order to detect and define outbreaks.

CDC Quarantine Stations Answer the Call [Expanded]

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Answering a call about an onboard illness on a flight about to arrive into the United States, grabbing a boarding bag and exiting the quarantine station, escorting an actor playing a sick passenger to an interview room, checking her temperature and interviewing her, escorting the actor to the CDC isolation room and continuing the interview, conferring about an illness response and contact investigation inside the quarantine station, footage of the empty isolation room and anteroom, footage of electronic message boards with health messages, loading and unloading the “go bag”.

CDC Quarantine Stations Answer the Call

quarantine station worker
Answering a call about an onboard illness on a flight about to arrive into the United States, Grabbing a boarding bag and exiting the quarantine station, Conferring about an illness response and contact investigation, Checking an illness response record, entering surveillance data into the computer, and entering the quarantine station.

Strategic National Stockpile

Strategic National Stockpile
Footage of CDC's Strategic National Stockpile, the nation's repository of antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, vaccines, antiviral drugs and other life-saving medicines and supplies.