Question

Perform an Internet search to determine the laboratory result that must be reported to your state public health agency. select another state and perform an internet search to determine the laboratory result that must be reported to that state's public health agency. how do the required test results compare? What tests are in common? Which are different? Why do you think some required test results vary fro state to state? Why are some tests similar?

Answer 1

Ans) 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.

- Several events in the early years of the new millennium provided recognition of the necessity for improved laboratory surveillance and emergency response throughout the United States. Improved response would require the creation of state networks of public and private laboratories and health officials that depend on laboratory data for disease control and response.

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Data collection: The SPH Laboratory System should assure the ability to collect and maintain laboratory data using currently accepted formats for epidemiologic analysis and decision-making at the local, state, and federal levels.

Data dissemination: The SPH Laboratory System should assure that timely laboratory data and associated information are provided to partners involved in rapid detection of, rapid response to, and management of infectious disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies.

Data exchange: The SPH Laboratory System should assure a mechanism for exchanging test-order and linked-result information with private, local, and federal laboratory partners in support of electronic laboratory messaging.