FoodCORE model practice : laboratory timeliness and completeness

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Laboratory activities are a critical component of enteric disease surveillance and cluster and outbreak detection. Identification of the etiologic agent causing illness requires testing of specimens at local hospitals, clinics, and private and public health laboratories. Laboratorybased surveillance identifies confirmed cases of enteric disease infection and can help guide pathogen-specific response activities. Further characterization of pathogens (e.g., subtype, virulence determinants, antimicrobial susceptibility, etc.) at public health laboratories (PHLs) enhances the ability to identify patterns and trends, including clusters of disease that may represent unrecognized outbreaks. Additionally, PHLs provide primary diagnostic functions in event-associated outbreaks of undetermined etiology. PHLs also offer testing for rare pathogens and provide enhanced or novel characterization of pathogens that are not offered by commercial laboratories.
  
  This FoodCORE Model Practice summarizes the successful laboratory practices utilized by PHLs in the FoodCORE centers for improving and maintaining the timeliness and completeness of isolate or specimen
  
  submissions to the PHLs, the subtyping of enteric pathogens, and the communication of laboratory results and cluster detection reports. FoodCORE centers maintain PHL capacity through the acquisition and maintenance of equipment, reagents, supplies, and trained staff.
  
  The activities described would apply to various pathogens but are focused on those that are likely transmitted via food. A checklist is provided that may be used to determine if current PHL practices align with the FoodCORE model practices.
  
  CS-340694-A
  
  laboratory-timeliness-and-completeness-h.pdf
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Appendix A. Checklist for FoodCORE Laboratory Practices -- Appendix B. Training and Resources.
• Subjects:
  Clinical Laboratory Techniques Disease Outbreaks Epidemiologic Methods Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology Food Contamination
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Name as Subject:
  FoodCORE
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  9 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fcecc8b54fc8d81d1d2536fba8127066e6794756f2d3051d0f7ea9ec1d6a8322
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/133555/cdc_133555_DS1.pdf
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