Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

The Laboratory Capacity Team (LCT) in the Laboratory Branch (LB) of the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pleased to present the “Tuberculosis Laboratory Aggregate Report.” This report, the third edition, includes a comparison of the aggregate workload data for calendar years 2010 and 2011, select 2011 data, and four year trends (2008–2011) for turnaround time (TAT) and other data. See Technical Note #1. Data are self-reported by public health laboratories (PHL) supported in part by the CDC TB Elimination Cooperative Agreement. Current PHL methods and practices (2010 compared to 2012) are also included in this report. These data serve as a tool to assess benchmarks and make peer comparisons. Providing the self-reported data back to grantees in a meaningful format is an important mission of LCT.

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