NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA No. 2004-0081-3002, New York University School of Medicine, New York City, New York, June 2006

摘要

On December 19, 2003, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health at the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, New York. The request cited concerns regarding potential employee exposure to aerosolized Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) in an animal biosafety level 3 (ABSL3) laboratory. Specific activities of concern included aerosolizing M. tuberculosis, caretaking of infected mice, using a cryostat to cut infected tissue, and manipulating infected tissue in ways that could generate aerosols. On May 19-21, 2004, investigators from NIOSH conducted a site visit to the facility.