Are you afraid of getting sick if you work with viruses?

Question: Are you afraid of getting sick if you work with viruses?
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Asked by 682mutg34 to Sinead on 10 Nov 2016.
- Sinead Loughran answered on 10 Nov 2016:
  
  That’s a really good question and it shows me that you are thinking about the experiments we do and the risks involved.
  
  We have to be careful, as it is possibe to become infected. We work with viruses in special safety cabinets, we use special protective clothing and face masks and gloves to protect ourselves so that we prevent exposure and when we have finished our experiment we destroy any viruses using special chemicals followed by heat treatment in a huge pressure cooker (called an autoclave) using very high temperatures.
  
  Hope that reassures you?

Padhraic commented on 10 Nov 2016:

THANKS

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Kelsey Tennyson commented on 11 Nov 2016:

how did the bat detectors work

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- Sinead commented on 14 Nov 2016:
  
  Hi Kelsey,
  Bat detectors are small hand-held instruments that pick up ultrasound (sounds at frequencies too high for the human ear to hear) and convert it into an audible sound.
  
  There’s a video at the link below which explains how they work.
  
  Thanks for your question
  
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Question: Are you afraid of getting sick if you work with viruses?