Reporting all biosafety errors could improve labs worldwide – and increase public trust in biological research

By David Gillum, Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Chief Safety Officer, Arizona State University
Kathleen Vogel, Interim Director and Professor of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
Rebecca Moritz, Biosafety Director and Responsible Official, Colorado State University

A centralized reporting system for laboratory incidents involving dangerous pathogens in biological research does not exist in the US or internationally.

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