Cell sorting is an aerosol-generating procedure, with greatly increases the risk of airway transmission of hazardous and infectious material. Aerosol incidents are not uncommon during normal sort procedures. These incidents can be caused by sample clogging and other disturbances that increase physical instability of the fragile single-cell stream.
Updated 9/18/17
Biosafety guidelines for cell sorting
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