Ebola-related guidelines

How to safely collect oral swabs from deceased patients suspected to be infected with Ebola

How to safely ship human blood samples from suspected Ebola cases within a country by road, rail and sea

Laboratory guidance for the diagnosis of Ebola virus disease

Generic guidelines

How to safely collect blood samples from persons suspected to be infected with highly infectious blood-borne pathogens (e.g. Ebola)
August 2014

Laboratory assessment tool
2012

Guidance on regulations for the transport of infectious substances 2013–2014
2012

Laboratory quality management system: handbook
2011

Quality management systems

Stepwise implementation of a quality management system for a health laboratory

Laboratory quality stepwise implementation tool

Laboratory assessment tool

Quality manual template

Laboratory quality management system training toolkit

Laboratory quality management system handbook 

Surveillance

Laboratory issues for epidemiologists 

Biorisk

Biosafety and laboratory biosecurity

Laboratory biorisk management publications

A Guide for shippers of infectious substances, 2013

Guidance on regulations for the transport of infectious substances 2013–2014

Biorisk management advanced trainer programme (BRM ATP)

Interim recommendations for laboratory biorisk management

Laboratory biorisk management for laboratories handling pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus

Laboratory diagnosis

Manual for the laboratory diagnosis and virological surveillance of influenza

How to safely collect blood samples from persons suspected to be infected with highly infectious blood-borne pathogens

Revised testing algorithms, assay protocols and reagent availability

Laboratory testing, interim recommendations