APPENDIX V
List of diagnostic and analytical laboratory specializations
The following list describes the principal areas in which the Member States could designate laboratories in areas such as toxicology, microbiology, and analytical chemistry. The designated laboratories should have adequate biosafety levels, containment, physical security and associated procedures to safeguard the dangerous pathogens and highly toxic chemicals likely to be involved in an investigation. In addition, the designated laboratories should have some or all of the following capabilities relevant to analyses on samples from an investigation.
1.
Identification, in all the types of sample, of
known chemical warfare agents, as well as
their impurities and their degradation productions (and evaluation of quantities).
2.
Identification and
elucidation, in all the types of sample, of the structure of toxic agents,
including those present in trace quantities (and evaluation of quantities).
3.
Identification and
characterization, in different kinds of samples, including clinical and environmental samples, of biological
warfare agents (bacteria, viruses, others)
and/or toxins.
4.
Identification
and characterization, in different kinds of samples, including clinical and environmental samples, of biological
agents (bacteria, viruses, others) and/or toxins.
5.
Evaluation of the
effects of biological warfare agents and toxins, including epidemiological and ecological modeling.
6.
Pathological
and biochemical examination of organs and tissue taken from victims of CBT
weapons, and where possible identification of the agent concerned.
7.
Expertise
in investigation and diagnosis of animal or plant diseases, which may include toxicology, pathology, microbiology, and
epidemiology.
8.
Examination and evaluation
of munitions, munition components, and other military delivery devices, including all their
technical specifications; analysis of explosives.
