Sentinel Laboratory Training Tools
The Biothreat ​Sentinel Laboratory Training Toolbox contains essential resources for conducting biothreat training and outreach with sentinel laboratories.
Sentinel Laboratory Training ToolboxClinical Laboratory Partnerships
Strong relationships between public health laboratories and their partners in sentinel clinical laboratories and the first responder community are vital to rapid and accurate detection of public health threats.
Questions?
Contact the Public Health Preparedness and Response team: [email protected]
STANDING SENTINEL
The Importance of Clinical Laboratories
Clinical facilities, such as hospitals, and the first responder communities are often the first to identify possible infectious disease threats when they care for ill patients. It is essential that clinicians are prepared to quickly, safely and competently collect specimens, and clinical laboratories are able to rule them out as threats or refer them to a public health laboratory for further testing. Strengthening connections between public health and clinical laboratories to enhances national preparedness, communication and response to infectious disease threats.
APHL Support of Clinical Partnerships and Outreach
APHL’s Clinical Laboratory Partnerships and Outreach program Through the Clinical Laboratory Partnerships and Outreach Subcommittee, APHL collaborates with our members, CDC, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) to provide timely guidance, lead laboratory preparedness exercises that assess and improve laboratory readiness, and maintain the ASM Sentinel Level Clinical Laboratory Guidelines for identifying potential biothreat agents.
APHL also engages subject matter experts to develop clinical laboratory preparedness and response workshops, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and practical training. By maintaining strong relationships and facilitating open communication across the public health and clinical laboratory communities, APHL advances an integrated laboratory system that safeguards public health.
Our Partners
College of American Pathologists
APHL works with the College of American Pathologists and CDC on the Laboratory Preparedness Exercise (LPX), a biannual assessment of pathogen detection distributed to approximately 1300 laboratories nationwide.
Learn More About LPX
American Society of Microbiology
The association collaborates with the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and CDC on the development of guidelines for sentinel level clinical laboratories.
Sentinel Level Clinical Laboratory Protocols
National Institute of Standards and Technology
APHL collaborates with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on developing standards and guidance to support biothreat field response mission capability.
Learn More About NIST Guidelines