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Esmeralda Meyer1, Kalpana Rengarajan1, Paul Meechan2
1Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Abstract:
The accommodation of service animals in microbiology teaching labs has been included in the 2019 update to the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Guidelines for Safety in Microbiology Laboratories. This commentary includes a legal framework related to service animals, the elements included in the 2019 ASM update, and additional risk-assessment considerations for the biosafety professional.
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