TABLE 6.
| Microorganism | Form |
|---|---|
| Bacillus anthracis | Cultures only |
| Brucella abortus | Cultures only |
| Brucella melitensis | Cultures only |
| Brucella suis | Cultures only |
| Burkholderia mallei | Cultures only |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei | Cultures only |
| Chlamydia psittaci (avian strains) | Cultures only |
| Clostridium botulinum | Cultures only |
| Coccidoides immitis | Cultures only |
| Coxiella burnetii | Cultures only |
| Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus | Patient material, items contaminated with other potentially infectious material (OPIMa) |
| Dengue virus | Cultures only |
| Eastern equine encephalitis virus | Cultures only |
| Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli | Cultures only |
| Ebola virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Flexal virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Francisella tularensis | Cultures only |
| Guanarito virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Hantaan virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Hantavirus causing hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Hendra virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Herpes B virus | Cultures only |
| Human immunodeficiency virus | Cultures only |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza | Cultures only |
| Japanese encephalitis virus | Cultures only |
| Junin virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Kyasanur forest disease virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Lassa virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Machupo virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Marburg virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Monkeypox virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Cultures only |
| Nipah virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Poliovirus | Cultures only |
| Rabies and other lyssaviruses | Cultures only |
| Rickettsia prowazekii | Cultures only |
| Rickettsia rickettsii | Cultures only |
| Rift Valley fever virus | Cultures only |
| Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus | Cultures only |
| Sabia virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Shigella dysenteriae type I | Cultures only |
| Tick-borne encephalitis virus | Cultures only |
| Variola virus | Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM |
| Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus | Cultures only |
| Vesicular stomatitis virus | Cultures only |
| West Nile virus | Cultures only |
| Yellow fever virus | Cultures only |
| Yersinia pestis | Cultures only |
See OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) for additional information (43).