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Association of Public Health Laboratories (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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The United States increasingly faces threats from not just biological, chemical and radiological terrorism, but also sudden, unexpected outbreaks of pandemic influenza, tuberculosis, environmental threats such as mercury poisoning, and a whole host of other natural disasters and emerging infections. As such, it is vitally important that public health laboratories are prepared to respond to a myriad of threats on a day-to-day basis. However, though the list of threats is ever-growing, critical areas such as sustained funding, recruiting and training laboratory personnel and electronic reporting of test results have seen substantial setbacks in recent years. While public-health laboratories have made important progress in preparedness, without a concerted effort at both the state and federal levels to address these gaps, public health laboratories cannot ensure America’s health in the upcoming years.

In January 2008, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) finalized data collection on its first All-Hazards Laboratory Preparedness Survey, which expanded past assessments on biological and chemical terrorism preparedness. The new survey reflected the growing slate of responsibilities for state public health laboratories, and is a more comprehensive assessment of state public health laboratory capability and capacity to respond to terrorism events, natural disasters and emerging infections.

This APHL All-Hazards Laboratory Preparedness Report was supported under Cooperative Agreement #U60/ CCU303019 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, Laboratory Response Branch, and the National Center for Environmental Health and the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

PHPR_2008May_Public-Health-Laboratory-Preparedness-Ready-Set-Respond.pdf


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Communicable Disease Control
Disaster Planning
Emergency Medical Services
Laboratories
Organization & Administration
Program Development
Public Health Administration
State Government

Series:
Public health laboratory preparedness report
Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Funding:
Cooperative Agreement #U60/ CCU303019
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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