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18.0 |
Index |
1.2.2 |
1.0 |
HSS |
Health Security Surveillance |
2.0 |
BMLT |
Biological Monitoring & Laboratory Testing |
The ability of agencies to conduct rapid and accurate laboratory tests to identify biological, chemical, and radiological agents to address actual or potential exposure to all hazards, focusing on testing human and animal clinical specimens. Support functions include discovery through: active and passive surveillance (both pre- and post-event), characterization, confirmatory testing data, reporting investigative support, ongoing situational awareness. Laboratory quality systems are maintained through external quality assurance and proficiency testing. |
M1314 |
State public health chemical OR radiological terrorism/threat laboratory is accredited or certified by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) or Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) |
A laboratory must have federal certification to conduct testing for chemical agents. The measure focuses on certification or accreditation of a chemical laboratory. Also, a relevant certification framework exists for radiological terrorism laboratory certification. The measure also indicates whether a state's radiological terrorism laboratory has earned such certification. |
APHL AHLPS |
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), All-Hazards Laboratory Preparedness Survey |
2013—2018 |
Certification may be based on simulated samples, since actual chemical samples are lacking. Selected responses from the 2018 survey have been corrected for Colorado and therefore no longer correspond to the originally published survey results |