Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins: Canada 2018.

Background: The Laboratory Incident Notification Canada (LINC) surveillance system monitors laboratory incidents reported under the . The year 2018 marks the third complete year of data.

Objective: To describe the laboratory exposure and laboratory-acquired infection incidents that occurred in Canada in 2018 compared to previous years, and then by sector, human pathogens and toxins involved, number of affected persons, incident type and root causes.