TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dietzel, Steffen
AU  - Ferrando‐May, Elisa
AU  - Fried, Hans
AU  - Kukat, Christian
AU  - Naumann, Angela
AU  - Nitschke, Roland
AU  - Pasierbek, Pawel
AU  - Peychl, Jan
AU  - Rasse, Tobias Manuel
AU  - Schroth‐Diez, Britta
AU  - Stöckl, Martin Thomas
AU  - Terjung, Stefan
AU  - Thuenauer, Roland
AU  - Tulok, Silke
AU  - Weidtkamp‐Peters, Stefanie
TI  - A Joint Action in Times of Pandemic: The German BioImaging Recommendations for Operating Imaging Core Facilities During the SARS‐Cov ‐2 Emergency
JO  - Cytometry / A
VL  - 97
IS  - 9
SN  - 1552-4930
CY  - Hoboken, NJ
PB  - Wiley-Liss
M1  - DZNE-2020-01443
SP  - 882 - 886
PY  - 2020
AB  - Operating shared resource laboratories (SRLs) in times of pandemic is a challenge for research institutions. In a multiuser, high‐turnover working space, the transmission of infectious agents is difficult to control. To address this challenge, imaging core facility managers being members of German BioImaging discussed how shared microscopes could be operated with minimal risk of spreading SARS‐CoV‐2 between users and staff. Here, we describe the resulting guidelines and explain their rationale, with a focus on separating users in space and time, protective face masks, and keeping surfaces virus‐free. These recommendations may prove useful for other types of SRLs. © 2020 The Authors. Cytometry Part A published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. on behalf of International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.
KW  - Betacoronavirus: pathogenicity
KW  - Biomedical Research: organization & administration
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Cooperative Behavior
KW  - Coronavirus Infections: prevention & control
KW  - Coronavirus Infections: transmission
KW  - Coronavirus Infections: virology
KW  - Decontamination
KW  - Equipment Contamination: prevention & control
KW  - Germany
KW  - Humans
KW  - Infection Control
KW  - Laboratories: organization & administration
KW  - Microscopy
KW  - Occupational Exposure: prevention & control
KW  - Occupational Health
KW  - Pandemics: prevention & control
KW  - Personal Protective Equipment
KW  - Pneumonia, Viral: prevention & control
KW  - Pneumonia, Viral: transmission
KW  - Pneumonia, Viral: virology
KW  - Protective Factors
KW  - Research Personnel: organization & administration
KW  - Risk Assessment
KW  - Risk Factors
KW  - SARS-CoV-2
KW  - Workflow
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C2  - pmc:PMC7361206
C6  - pmid:32583531
DO  - DOI:10.1002/cyto.a.24178
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/153446
ER  -