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Sentinel Level Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Guidelines |
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In coordination with the CDC and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the ASM has developed protocols designed to assist Sentinel Level Clinical Microbiology Laboratories with information and techniques to rule out microorganisms that might be suspected as agents of bioterrorism, or to refer specimens topublic health laboratories for confirmation. The Sentinel Level Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Guidelines offer standardized, practical methods to aid microbiologists in ruling out critical agents and referring specimens to public health laboratories (LRN Reference Laboratories) for confirmation.
April 14, 2006- Definition of LRNSentinel Laboratories
The Definition of Laboratory Response Network (LRN) Sentinel Laboratories, which was drafted in part by ASM's Sentinel Guideline Working Group, was approved at an April 2006 LRN Partners meeting.
Recently Updated Guidelines
December 16, 2009 - Sentinel Laboratory Guideline for Yersinia pestis (.PDF File)
The Sentinel Laboratory Guideline
for Yersinia pestis, was revised
by author, Susan E. Sharp, Ph.D., to include updated information on the number
of cases and when most cases occur in the United States.
For a complete list of all changes in the revised document, please refer to the
Change Record on p. 19. The guideline is designed to assist Sentinel Level
Clinical Microbiology Laboratories with the information and techniques to rule
out and refer specimens to LRN Reference laboratories for confirmation. Sentinel
protocols/guidelines offer clinical microbiology laboratories standardized,
practical methods to aid microbiologists in ruling out critical agents that may
be used in a bioterrorist event or associated with an emerging infectious
disease.
Other Available Guidelines
Anthrax
Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
Brucella
Botulinum Toxin
BT Readiness Plan (.PDF)
BT Readiness Plan (Word File)
Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei
Coxiella burnetii
Packing and Shipping
Plague (Y. Pestis)
Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B
Tularemia
Unknown Viruses |
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Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 10:23 |
- December 19, 2007 - ASM Sentinel Laboratory Alert
The ASM sent a Sentinel Laboratory Alert to all Division C members regarding the College of American Pathologists Laboratory Preparedness Survey Set B. ASM encourages clinical microbiologists in Sentinel Laboratories to be familiar with a number of communications have been recently circulated.
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