The State Public Health Laboratory System

Overview

Journal Public Health Rep

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Public Health

Date 2010 Jun 4

PMID 20521374

Citations 10

Authors

Stanley L Inhorn

J Rex Astles

Stephen Gradus

Veronica Malmberg

Paula M Snippes

Burton W Wilcke Jr

Vanessa A White

Affiliations

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Abstract

This article describes the development since 2000 of the State Public Health Laboratory System in the United States. These state systems collectively are related to several other recent public health laboratory (PHL) initiatives. The first is the Core Functions and Capabilities of State Public Health Laboratories, a white paper that defined the basic responsibilities of the state PHL. Another is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Laboratory System (NLS) initiative, the goal of which is to promote public-private collaboration to assure quality laboratory services and public health surveillance. To enhance the realization of the NLS, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) launched in 2004 a State Public Health Laboratory System Improvement Program. In the same year, APHL developed a Comprehensive Laboratory Services Survey, a tool to measure improvement through the decade to assure that essential PHL services are provided.

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