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Cdc.gov[Cdc.gov] Healthcare facilities and laboratories have been advised to treat as potentially infectious, in accordance with state medical waste regulations, all materials retained or derived from the influenza A (H2N2) proficiency testing panels created by Meridian Bioscience and sent out by the College of American Pathologists, the American Association of Bioanalysts, the American College of Physicians, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. These materials can be safely inactivated with either physical or chemical treatment methods, including sterilization using moist heat or dry heat, incineration, or treatment using disinfectant chemicals.

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http://rwramblings.modblog.com [Rwramblings.modblog.com] ModBlog - Ramblings From the Right: Subsequent investigation by the Public Health Agency of Canada traced the source of the H2N2 virus to a panel of proficiency testing samples containing influenza A and influenza B viruses which the Canadian laboratory received from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) in February 2005. CAP routinely sends various panels of proficiency testing samples to participating laboratories every year.

http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com [Rncnyc2004.blogspot.com] Republican National Convention Blog NYC 2004: 04/13/05: On 12 April, a second correspondence from CAP to these laboratories further requested that destruction of the H2N2 virus be confirmed and that any case of respiratory disease among laboratory workers be investigated and notified to national authorities. WHO has received the list of addresses of the involved laboratories and has provided detailed contact information to the relevant Ministries of Health and requested their collaboration.

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Msnbc.msn.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com [Msnbc.msn.com] Labs rush to destroy killer virus - Cold & Flu - MSNBC.com: Cox said officials strongly doubt someone deliberately planted the dangerous germ. “It wouldn’t be a smart way to start a pandemic to send it to laboratories because we have people well trained in biocontainment,” she said.

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