Experts Criticize CDC’s Safety Practices
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Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(NEW YORK) — A report released earlier this week on the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from the CDC’s own safety experts expresses concern that the agency is “on the way to losing credibility.”
The report offers more than a dozen recommendation for CDC improvement, including improvements to training, leadership, safety and encouraging staff to report accidents. “The CDC must not see itself as ‘special,’ the report states. “The internal controls and rules that the rest of the world works under also apply to CDC.”
The report highlights “inadequate” laboratory safety training, insufficient resources and a lack of leadership.
“The CDC is an incredibly capable organization and its value in promoting the health of our society cannot be lost,” the experts noted.
A statement posted to the CDC’s website alongside the report says that the agency “concurs with these recommendations, has made progress towards implementing them and will soon report on that progress.”
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