What do public health laboratories do? What is their mission and how do they use the data they produce? How are these laboratories involved in contemporary issues such as terrorism response and emergency preparedness? As the only text of its kind, Public Health Laboratories explores the objectives and inner workings of the public health laboratory. The book looks at the array of regulatory agencies such as the USEPA and the FDA, and interagency collaborations such as the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, as well as personnel issues, education and certification requirements, and management topics that impact every day laboratory operations. Topics include: history of public health labs; different testing sections, methods, missions, and technologies; personnel issues including education and certifications; different laboratory designs/levels/certifications; biological/chemical terrorism response strategies; coordination with law enforcement/outside agencies; uses of lab data; CLIA/HIPAA/other confidentiality and legal issues; personnel management basics; LIMS and other topics.
Author(s): Wiley D. Jenkins
Edition: 1st
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 344
TITLE......Page 2
COPYRIGHT......Page 3
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
ACRONYMS......Page 16
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 18
REVIEWERS......Page 20
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 22
A BRIEF HISTORY OF US PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES......Page 26
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES: A UNIQUE MISSION AND ROLE......Page 27
DISTRIBUTION AND STAFFING......Page 31
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES......Page 32
INTERSTATE COORDINATION AND TRAINING......Page 33
FUTURE DIRECTIONS......Page 35
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 37
REFERENCES......Page 38
SAMPLE TYPES AND COLLECTION......Page 40
SAMPLE ANALYSIS......Page 42
QUALITY CONTROL......Page 56
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 57
SAMPLE TYPES AND COLLECTION......Page 60
SAMPLE EXTRACTION......Page 64
SAMPLE EXTRACT CLEANUP......Page 66
SAMPLE EXTRACT VOLUME REDUCTION AND SOLVENT EXCHANGE......Page 67
SAMPLE EXTRACT ANALYSIS......Page 68
QUALITY CONTROL......Page 73
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 75
INTRODUCTION......Page 76
SAMPLE TYPES AND COLLECTION......Page 77
SAMPLE PREPARATION......Page 78
SAMPLE ANALYSIS......Page 79
QUALITY CONTROL......Page 81
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 82
TUBERCULOSIS......Page 84
INFLUENZA......Page 91
RABIES......Page 98
WEST NILE VIRUS AND ARBOVIRUSES......Page 102
PROTOZOAN PARASITES......Page 108
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS......Page 123
ENTERICS......Page 141
NEWBORN SCREENING......Page 148
BLOOD LEAD......Page 156
REFERENCES......Page 159
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 167
INTRODUCTION......Page 170
MICROORGANISMS......Page 174
DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTANT BYPRODUCTS......Page 182
INORGANIC CHEMICALS......Page 184
ORGANIC CHEMICALS......Page 186
RADIONUCLIDES......Page 195
SECONDARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS......Page 197
REFERENCES......Page 199
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 200
INTRODUCTION......Page 202
IMPORTANT BACTERIAL, PARASITIC, AND VIRAL AGENTS......Page 208
FOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION......Page 215
FOOD ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS......Page 216
CULTURING AND OTHER ANALYSIS METHODS......Page 217
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 224
REFERENCES......Page 225
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 226
INTRODUCTION......Page 228
PARTICULATE MATTER......Page 229
SOx......Page 231
OZONE......Page 233
LEAD......Page 234
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 235
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 236
BIOLOGICAL AGENTS......Page 238
CHEMICAL AGENTS......Page 249
RADIOLOGICAL AGENTS......Page 263
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 264
REFERENCES......Page 265
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 267
PERSONNEL......Page 268
FACILITY DESIGN......Page 269
CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS......Page 272
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT......Page 274
LABORATORY CERTIFICATION AND NEW TESTING......Page 275
PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED......Page 277
REFERENCES......Page 279
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 280
PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK......Page 282
DATA COMMUNICATION......Page 285
DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND HEALTH CARE......Page 287
EPIDEMIOLOGY......Page 288
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS......Page 289
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 290
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 291
INTRODUCTION......Page 292
BIOSTATISTICS AND LABORATORY WORK......Page 293
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND LABORATORY WORK......Page 295
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY WORK......Page 298
HEALTH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION AND LABORATORY WORK......Page 299
REFERENCES......Page 300
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES......Page 301
INDEX......Page 302
