Decontamination of TSE from Modular Building 24

Building 24 is a large CL3 laboratory that was used solely for the study of TSE organisms between 2003 -2013. Following the studies, this CL3 laboratory was left unused due to the risk of TSE contamination. TSE organisms are animal proteins that are usually resistant to coventional chemical and physical methods of decontamination including standard disinfectants, fumigation and autoclaving procedures (Above 121°C for 15 minutes). Due to the difficulties of decontamination, special attention and procedures are requ...