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Guest Editorial

Public Health Laboratories Ride a Funding Roller Coaster—And It's Dangerous(PDF 44KB)
Scott J. Becker

Articles

Investigation of the Benefits of Using Direct Steam Injection in Effluent Treatment Systems(PDF 1MB)
Diane Gordon, Jay Krishnan, Les Wittmeier, and Steven Theriault

A Novel Approach for Conducting Room-scale Vaporous Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination of Virulent Bacillus anthracis Spores(PDF 308BK)
William R. Richter, Morgan Q. S. Wendling, and James V. Rogers

A Survey of Bioscience Research and Biosafety and Biosecurity Practices in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East(PDF 1MB)
Lisa M. Astuto-Gribble, Jennifer M. Gaudioso, Susan A. Caskey, Tamara R. Zemlo

Special Features

Ask the Experts—Laboratory Doors—Open or Closed?(PDF 56KB)
John H. Keene

Capsule—Interim Guidance on Infection Control Measures for 2009 H1N1 Influenza in Healthcare Settings, including Protection of Healthcare Personnel(PDF 56KB)
Ed Krisiunas

Molecular Biosafety—Recombination and Horizontal Gene Transfer: Routes to Increased Bacterial Pathogenicity(PDF 56KB)
Margy S. Lambert

Book Review—The Elusive Malaria Vaccine: Miracle or Mirage? by Irwin W. Sherman(PDF 40KB)
Reviewed by Jean E. Feagin

 

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The Rendering and Biowaste System (RBS) carries out the treatment of solid and liquid biowaste at the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health (CSCHAH) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The RBS consists of four vessels or "cookers." Three of the vessels are identical and solely dedicated to the treatment of liquid waste which comes from the high containment laboratories. The fourth vessel is used for the treatment of solid waste, but can also be used for treating liquid waste. All four vessels were constructed of carbon steel with the inner shell constructed of 25.4 mm (1 inch) steel plate and an outer jacket constructed of 12.7 mm (1/2 inch) thick steel plate. The internal volume is 5,000 litres (1,321 U.S. gallons) that provides an average load of 4,000 litres (1,057 U.S. gallons). For more information on this topic, please see the article entitled "Investigation of the Benefits of Using Direct Steam Injection in Effluent Treatment Systems" by Diane Gordon et al. on pages 165-173.