State of the art in biosafety at the European National Reference Laboratories for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Despite the overall positive results, the survey showed that biosafety procedures are applied heterogeneously across the NRLs. The EURL-TSE will further encourage the full implementation of specific biosafety procedures to address the gaps identified by the survey. The EURL-TSE has created a digital repository of guidelines and bibliographical sources on the subject. It also initiated biannual virtual meetings to discuss critical issues emerged from the survey and to encourage the mutual exchange of experiences and good practices between NRLs Directors.