Is animal blood used in research covered under the laboratory section of the standard?
A49. The standard covers animal blood only for those animals purposely infected with HIV or HBV. Although the standard does not apply to animal blood unless the animal has been purposely infected with HIV or HBV, persons handling animals or animal blood should follow general precautions as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control/National Institutes of Health Publication, Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (Publication No. 88-8395).
