pLV-RNAi Protocols – Safety guidelines

Safety guidelines.

The recombinant lentiviruses have been designated as Level 2 organisms by NIH and CDC. A Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) facility is required in order to work with lentiviruses. The information of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/BMBL.pdf

Please be aware that you are working with media containing lentiviral particles which could transduce human cells.