NHSPI_measure_metadata: 29

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rowid	obsid	index	item_code	domain_code	domain_name	domain_description	subdomain_code	subdomain_name	subdomain_description	subdomain_long_desc	measure_name	measure_description	measure_rationale	data_source	verbose_data_source	data_dates	limitations
29	38.0	Index	1.2.23	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.	M288	Number of core chemical agent detection methods demonstrated by Level 1 or 2 LRN-C laboratories in the state	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified nine core methods for detecting and measuring chemical agents, and conducted testing to determine LRN-C laboratories' proficiency in these methods. The core methods are significant as they use technical fundamentals that provide the foundation of chemical analysis capabilities.	CDC Snapshot	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness	2011—2016	The measure does not consider compliance with the standards set by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation program, and whether proficiency is achieved annually for the methods reported. Selected responses from the original data source have been corrected for Colorado and Louisana and therefore no longer correspond to the originally published results.