CDC Laboratories: A Key Line of Defense

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• Alternative Title:
  Lab safety
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  CDC ensures America’s health security with more than 150 state-of-the-art laboratories that are a key line of defense against emerging health threats. CDC scientists and other staff use the latest technology to detect infectious organisms, food-borne outbreaks, and biosecurity threats; protect America’s blood supply; screen for genetic and other health risk factors; monitor the health of communities; identify environmental hazards; and much more.
  
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• Subjects:
  Clinical Laboratory Services Clinical Laboratory Techniques Laboratory Infection/prevention & Control Medical Laboratory Science Safety Management
• Series:
  CDC 24/7: Saving Lives, Protecting People
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe2e7116935845880db60ba7c2b89ed6652a763d4e77706535aad9e909e12ca380ccf8d5837d145be4ed46a2330ad97626b1fb6c488abc747059ad42fba974a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27407/cdc_27407_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 835.96 KB ]