Containment Level 4 in Saskatoon: What you should know
Learn what CL4 means, why Canada needs this research capacity and how these specialized facilities operate safely.
By Candace LambThe Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan is expanding its research capacity to include Containment Level 4 (CL4), the highest level of biological containment for safely working with infectious pathogens.
When operational, it will be Canada’s only non-government CL4 research facility, giving scientists the ability to safely study the full range of pathogens causing infectious diseases.