GPs urged to check for poliovirus samples in practice freezers

July 22nd, 2021

Australian Doctor, Other, 21/07/2021, Kemal Atlay
Australia’s national science agency is calling on GPs to check their practice freezers for any biological samples that may contain poliovirus. Australia has officially been polio free since 2000. But as part of global eradication efforts, CSIRO is conducting a national inventory survey of GP clinics, hospitals, pathology labs, wastewater and sewerage facilities, and research institutes to identify and locate any “potentially infectious materials” still remaining.