|  | The Laboratory System Improvement Program Performance Measurement Tool is based on the Eleven Core Functions and Capabilities of Public Health Laboratories and is designed within the framework of the Ten Essential Public Health Services. Updated 2013. |
| | The Laboratory System Improvement Program assessment user's guide is used by APHL members to prepare for partipation in this program. |
| | A press release for ground water awareness that we added to get well water tested. |
| | In March 2016, Catherine Johnson (APHL) and Leah Gillis (Miami PHL) presented "Public Health Laboratories-Competencies and Biosafety. |
| | In March 2016, APHL presented a webinar on outreach to sentinel clinical laboratories. The webinar discussed APHL activities with sentinel clinical laboratories and then presented a case study from Arizona. |
| | APHL presented a fundamentals of biosafety and biosecurity webinar January 2016. The slides from the presenters (Michael Pentella and Andrew Cannons). |
| | This presentation was given on February 10, 2016 Quality Improvement Forum (QIF) call. The Quality Improvement Forum call focused on training nurses to improve laboratory outcomes. Roberta Bartholdi, director, QA of the South Carolina Bureau of Laboratories, shared how she improved patient care by training non-laboratory professionals. Bartholdi also covered how she identified those collecting laboratory specimens for county health departments, pinpointed areas that needed improvement, developed trainings and created a system for continuous monitoring of training. |
| | Instructions on how to use the Indiana Laboratory System interactive map of Indiana laboratories. |
| | An bulletin for pediatric service providers, this announcement details the potential drawbacks of the point-of-care (POC) test for blood lead used by clinicians. |
| | North Carolina Medicaid Special Bulletin - Attention Pediatric Service Providers
Childhood blood lead testing, reporting, and follow-up requirements for point of care lead analyzer laboratories. |
| | A competencies based position description for biosafety officials. |
| | This presentation discusses how to conduct biological risk assessments within clinical laboratories. It also provides guidance on how to perform outreach to clinical laboratories. |
| | This presentation covers the fundamentals of biosafety for clinical laboratories. |
| | This presentation covers the fundamentals of biosecurity for clinical laboratories and provides guidance for public health laboratories for outreach. |
| | Newsletter from the Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories, describing some of the hot topics for Indiana public health laboratory testing. |
| | The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Laboratories are working to
improve Indiana’s state public health laboratory system. Environmental laboratories are key stakeholders in this system, but their needs have been largely unaddressed prior to this project. In an effort to identify and engage these laboratories, the ISDH Laboratories organized and hosted the First Annual Environmental Laboratories Meeting. The focus of this meeting was on water testing laboratories throughout the state. |
| | This Innovations Grant was used to build relationships and create a network of partnerships with non-clinical laboratories in the Indiana Laboratory System |
| | Map of laboratories that work with the Indiana State Department of Health |
| | The CQI Organizational assessment(s) were developed by the “Culture of Quality Improvement” workgroup (part of the Laboratory System Improvement Group). The goal of the assessment(s) is to provide a tool for laboratories to measure the culture of quality in their laboratory as well as readiness and willingness to adopt a culture of quality. It can be used as a baseline measurement of your laboratories’ quality culture and can identify “change agents” in your institution - individuals that are willing to assist in facilitating change. If used over time it will identify changes in perception of staff about quality improvement in your environment. |
| | Biological Safety Cabinet Record Sheet to capture all appropiate safety checks for the BSC |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given to participants. |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given to participants. |
| | This is a training course for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. There are training slides and two class exercises. A binder of resources was given to each participant. |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given to participants. |
| | This is a Powerpoint template laboratories can use for presentations on how to be environmentally friendly. |
| | This is a powerpoint template that members can use to encourage their staff to be more environmentally-friendly. Feel free to tailor it as you see fit. Let us know if you use it and if you have any feedback! |
| | Presentation summarizing the 3 years of CLIA Training Award Projects, showcasing evaluation and impact results. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | Emergency Use Authorizations |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | This is a powerpoint template that members can use to give guest lectures at local universities. It has been delivered to grad students at the University of Maryland School of Public Health twice with very positive feedback. Feel free to tailor it as you see fit. Let us know if you use it and if YOU have any feedback! |
| | The Membership & Recognition Committee and the Workforce Development Committee teamed up via taskforce to create a Power Point presentation for APHL Members that targets young public health professionals. This presentation was developed as a support tool for laboratory professionals that want to provide general information to college students and recent graduates interested in a career in public health. In it you will find general information about APHL, public health, the public health laboratory system, laboratory staff requirements, careers in the field and networking opportunities. The base presentation is intended to serve as the foundation for your use, and includes speaker’s notes to help guide the message. The taskforce would like to encourage users to incorporate additional information and stories to personalize the presentation. |
| | COLA, a laboratory accreditation organization, developed a model practice for designing, developing and delivering a Hands-On science activities program. This document is the PowerPoint of a short presentation on bacteria and hand washing to present to kids and a school-based partner.
There are 5 additional documents to support the design of the program:
- a how-to guide for the overall program
- two hands-on experiments
- a proposed schedule
- a press release sample
- a project guide.
These documents are also available in the MRC.
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| | Course Syllabus for internship Re: Central Services |
| | Final syllabus re: Spring 2012 interns |
| | Powerpoint discussing healthcare transformation, PHLs opportunities and challenges and how it is playing out in Oregon in 2014. |
| | Ideas to work around the Helium Shortage, such as using hydrogen or nitrogen. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | This document provides a template to create your own Exit Interview and Knowledge Retention tools. These templates offer a guideline of questions that can be used in an exit interview and a knowledge retention interview. |
| | The Knowledge Retention Toolkit provides a single toolkit that your organization can implement to collect knowledge during the lifecycle of an employee.
The Knowledge Retention Toolkit includes the following three components:
• Managing Knowledge
• Exit Interview
• Onboarding Plan
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| | The Knowledge Retention Toolkit provides a single toolkit that your organization can implement to collect knowledge during the lifecycle of an employee.
The Knowledge Retention Toolkit includes the following three components:
• Managing Knowledge
• Exit Interview
• Onboarding Plan |
| | The Resource describes a non-technical position in the Biomonitoring Laboratory that coordinates with the Epidemiologists and the field teams to smooth specimen collection, passage through the laboratory systems, and reporting through the LIMS. |
| | A brief report of the process and lessons learned as Idaho worked with their LIMS vendor ChemWare and APHL to create a standard XML file for electronic messaging of chemistry and LRN-C resuts. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | Position description for a QA manager. Responsiblities include leading significant organizational change initiatives to improve complex clinical quality, efficiency, effectiveness, timeliness, patient satisfaction, and financial performance. |
| | Press release template for PHLs. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | Sample position description for QA manager from NC |
| | The May Quality Improvement Forum Call, "A Discussion on Work Time Units" was be held Tuesday, May 3, 2016 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. Kathryn Wangsness, chief of the Office of Laboratory Services at the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory; and Donna Ferguson, Monterey County assistant public health laboratory director, addressed how laboratories are dividing work among staff and how much time laboratories are setting aside for QA/QC/competency assessments relative to routine work. |
| | Several of the analytical methods required by the Radionuclides Rule have inherent deficiencies that can lead to erroneous results and difficulty in determining compliance with the Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) specified in the Rule. Following a number of meetings with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it has generally been agreed that an expert workshop could serve as the forum to identify analytical issues and solutions. |
| | Position description for QA staff. Responsible for facilitating and implementing quality and operational improvement initiatives for unit, department or organization wide processes and projects to improve customer satisfaction levels and business productivity. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | The participant activity boxes are used by Purdue University (Indiana) during CDC Local Public Health System Assessments. This document has suggestions for items that can be included in the activity boxes. |
| | The CQI Organizational assessment(s) were developed by the “Culture of Quality Improvement” workgroup (part of the Laboratory System Improvement Group). The goal of the assessment(s) is to provide a tool for laboratories to measure the culture of quality in their laboratory as well as readiness and willingness to adopt a culture of quality. It can be used as a baseline measurement of your laboratories’ quality culture and can identify “change agents” in your institution - individuals that are willing to assist in facilitating change. If used over time it will identify changes in perception of staff about quality improvement in your environment. |
| | A template to use when PHL directors are under pressure to outsource or privatize |
| | This is a final report from a project to convene multi-disciplinary forums throughout Iowa to evaluate and forecast the impact of the ACA on the PHL system and to provide strategic recommendations. |
| | This project seeks to explore relevant issues for public health laboratories related to the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the resulting information provided to the Association of Public Health Laboratories, state and local public health laboratories, and other interested stakeholders. |
| | The UT public health laboratory helps to calm concerns of 5,700 residents following contamination of their drinking water with thallium. |
| | Detection of Carbapenemases From a Technologist's Perspective |
| | Streamlined QC
D. Kieler's AST Training Presentation Wisconsin 2012 |
| | CRE Surveillance Activities
D. Warshauer's AST Training Presenation Wisconsin 2012 |
| | Navigating the 2012 Changes to CLSI M100, M02, and M07
Ray Podzorski's Wisconsin AST Training Presentation 2012 |
| | Streamlined QC
D. Kieler's AST Training Presentation Wisconsin 2012 |
| | AST Surveillance Projects and Detection of Emerging Resistance Patterns in the Public Health Laboratory
T. Monson's Wisonsin AST Training Presentation 2012 |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | The Local Laboratory Council (LLC) of APHL launched the first survey ever fielded of local public health laboratory structure and practice on May 10, 2011. The survey was developed by the LLC to better understand the staffing, facility infrastructure, funding sources, and technical testing capacity of local public health laboratories (LPHLs). The survey was distributed to the 40 APHL member LPHLs. The response rate was 75% (n=30). The LLC and APHL thank the responding laboratories for participating in this ground-breaking survey. |
| | Electronic health records (EHRs) and other health information technology (HIT) are essential to improving the affordability, accessibility, and quality of health care and support healthier communities. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), in partnership with the Minnesota e-Health Initiative, is responsible for assessing e-health in a variety of settings. |
| | Quick guide reference for Value Stream (Lean) training from 2011 teleconference |
| | Action plan template for IA's Value Stream project (LEAN) |
| | This presentation was given on October 3, 2011 to the Laboratory System on Value Stream Improvement Group call. Gives an overview of the definitions of the Value Stream (Lean) process |
| | LEAN tools: Example of use of 5s Red Taggin Process Flow
Presented at NCPHLL / LSS forum: LEAN in PHL (February 2012), Patrick J. Maul, MBA, MT(ASCP), Principal Consultant, BD.
This infographic displays the flow of the 5S tool in the laboratory. 5S stands for The 5 S's:
1. Sorting (Seiri)
2 Stabilizing or Straightening Out (Seiton)
3 Sweeping or Shining (Seiso)
4 Standardizing (Seiketsu)
5 Sustaining the Practice (Shitsuke)
Additional "S" can include Safety, Security or Satisfaction. |
| | A Practical Guide to Assessing and Planning Implementation of Public Health Laboratory Service Changes |
| | This guide is the go-to resource for laboratories experiencing flooding. It outlines how to prepare for a flood, what to do in the midst of flooding, and how to bounce back as quickly and thoroughly as possible. |
| | Relocating a modern public health laboratory is a complex undertaking, which most laboratory professionals will experience only once in their careers. Begin preparing with this comprehensive guide. |
| | As labs have moved to new buildings or new locations or partnered with universities or hospitals-and as lab leaders have strategized on such changes-APHL has been helping the process. We've sought out the knowledge of those who have been there to save those moving in the future time and resources. These lab directors and other lab leaders shared frankly what worked for them and their colleagues and what they wish they'd known. |
| | A Practical Guide to Public Health Laboratories for State Officials, APHL and ASTHO, 2009 |
| | The attached document is basically a dictionary of current laboratory diagnostics terms and is very good at explaining concepts that many of our staff may not be familiar with, such as sensitivity, clinical specificity, personalized medicine, POCT, RUO, IUO, pharmacogenetics, probe, LDTs, etc. This document is from AdvaMedDX, which is a non-profit organization whose members are companies that manufacture diagnostic instruments and test kits. The goal of this document is to develop common and consistent terminology for the diagnostic industry since there are an increasing number of terms associated with personalized medicine that are variably defined by different stakeholders. The document was published in June 2012. |
| | Overview:
http://cen.acs.org/media/webinar/agilent_100912.html
Analysts must recognize the differences with using hydrogen carrier, plan for method adaptation, optimization and validation, and required change to SOPs. This presentation will review steps recommended for converting EI GC/MS methods from helium to hydrogen carrier gas including hardware optimization, analyte stability, consideration for column and chromatographic conditions, and potential change to analytical sensitivity.
What Participants Will Learn:
• Many GC/MS users are considering changing from helium to hydrogen carrier gas due to price/availability problems with helium.
• This talk describes the steps recommended for converting EI GC/MS methods.
• It is important to recognize the differences with using hydrogen carrier. Time should be allotted for adapting the method, optimization, and resolving potential problems. Areas that will need attention include:
- choice of supply of H2
- GC/MSD hardware changes |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given for participants. |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given to participants. |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given to participants. |
| | This is a training program for CLIA Waived Testing. It is designed for physician office laboratory personnel. It includes a slide presentation and class exercises. A binder of resources was given to participants. |
| | 2008 Engineering Excellence Awards, American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona |
| | For many years, directors of public health laboratories have complained about noncompetitive salaries and blamed that for a shortage of competent laboratory scientists, an unacceptably narrow workforce pipeline, and high employee turnover. In 2010, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) began collecting reliable public health laboratory compensation data applicable to compensation analysis and improving public health laboratory salaries and salary structures. This paper is intended to show users of APHL salary data some ways they can use that data to carry out compensation analyses and help justify needed compensation improvements. |
| | Presentation on antimicrobial stewardship and emerging resistance from the perspective of an Infectous Disease Physician. |
| | APHL - CDC Public Health Laboratory Service Data Consultation Meeting Summary December 2011 |
| | Guidebook for Implementation of Laboratory Information Systems in Resource-Poor Settings |
| | Example description of liaison responsibilities in ICS. |
| | Example description of responsibilities in Finance/Admin Section under ICS |
| | Description of roles under Incident Command under ICS |
| | Example of roles under Information Section in ICS, APHL, 2009 |
| | Example description of responsibilities associated with the intelligence group in ICS. |
| | APHL Influenza Testing in Public Health Laboratories Referral Chart for WHAT Specimens and Viruses and WHERE to Send Them |
| | APHL LEI Presentation ICEID March 2012 |
| | This is the summary report of the Association of Public Health Laboratories 2011 Member Compensation Survey which was conducted to gather reliable compensation data for the public health laboratory community.
For each position this report provides summary results for base salary, extra cash compensation, and total cash compensation data, as well as questions specific to certain benchmarks.
This document was prepared for Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except by permission. Copyright ©2011, Quatt Associates, Inc. |
| | This document outlines APHL's keys to developing effective messaging for various audiences and situations. |
| | APHL Message, June 2006: Need for Rapidly Deployable LRN Reagent Inventory |
| | APHL Messages, 2006: Public Health Laboratories and Food Safety |
| | APHL Messages Developed in Media Training, Handwritten, Spring 2008 |
| | Public health labs work safely with select agents to protect the public’s health. |
| | Foodborne illness and death is not only tragic; it is exorbitantly expensive. We can prevent countless illnesses and deaths with a stronger system for detecting contaminated food.
With adequate funding, the US can accelerate detection and identification of foodborne illnesses, thus saving lives, lowering health care expenses, and limiting the impact on affected businesses. |
| | APHL is taking action to improve the newborn screening system to ensure accurate and early testing. Continuous quality improvement is a core value of APHL and public health laboratory culture. |
| | It’s about the babies. Accurate and early testing is a critical part of the system to save babies’ lives. |
| | APHL Messages on Ready or Not, December 2008, DRAFT |
| | Newborn screening blood spots are vital to quality screening. They protect babies’ lives by ensuring accurate and reliable test results. |
| | APHL Messages: BioWatch Hearing, July 2008 |
| | APHL Messages: Emergency Preparedness, June 2006 |
| | APHL Messages, June 2006: General |
| | APHL Messages on H1N1, 2009 |
| | APHL Messages on H1N1, November 2009 |
| | APHL Messages on Lab Safety, October 2007 |
| | APHL Messages on Public Health Laboratories and Influenza, Fall 2009 |
| | APHL Messages on Retention of Newborn Residual Bloodspots, February 2010 |
| | APHL Messages, June 2006: State Public Health Laboratories and Newborn Screening |
| | APHL Messages, June 2006: State Public Health Labs & Pandemic Influenza |
| | APHL Messages on Testing for Novel H1N1, May 2009 |
| | APHL Messages, May 2006: Use of BT Preparedness Grants to Support State Public Health Labs
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| | APHL-CDC PHLIP Messaging Guide for Influenza Test Result Reporting by Public Health Labs, HL7 Version 2.3.1, August 31, 2012 |
| | Arizona State Laboratories Energy Efficiency Improvement Project, September 2008 |
| | Arizona State Lab Efficiencies Graphs, FY05-FY09 |
| | Arizona State Laboratory Efficiency Review Presentation |
| | Control and Sequences Study, Arizona State Laboratory, July 7, 2009 |
| | FDA ORA-Describes the monitoring activities in a laboratory quality control (QC) program to ensure the quality of test results. |
| | Wisconsin AST Training 2012- Brochure |
| | FINAL Avoiding LAI MP V1 |
| | Best Practice: How Public Health Labs Can Best Work With the Media |
| | Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a molecular technique used to detect DNA sequences in environmental and clinical samples. In some cases, PCR has been known to give falsely-negative or falsely-positive results. The following compilation of best practices is intended to help avoid inaccurate results and optimize PCR testing in public health laboratories. |
| | An assessment of the Local Public Health Laboratory (LPHL) system in Milwaukee was conducted by 75 stakeholders in November 2010. Milwaukee was the first laboratory system in the nation to conduct LSIP at the local (versus state) level and significant effort was invested in adapting the program for local-level use. Following the assessment, the Milwaukee Laboratory Advisory Committee was convened in 2011 to review the assessment results and to identify system improvement priorities. Research and workforce development were identified as priority areas for process improvement to support the MHD in its mission to become an academic health department. Based on this prioritization, subcommittees comprising subject matter experts were convened to engage in strategic planning and action planning. Over the past six months, LSIP has continued to engage multi-disciplinary LPHL system stakeholders to begin implementation and improvement of the LPHL system. A detailed report of progress made through July 2012 follows. |
| | Training Modules CLIA 1 |
| | Modules _ CLIA II |
| | Modules_ CLIA III |
| | This document is a checklist for LRN-C, LABORATORIES radiobioassay and biomonitoring laboratories to follow before undergoing a CMS inspection for their CLIA certicification. |
| | This document intends to provide guidacne to CT laboratories to prepare for a CLIA inspection. |
| | The following document outlines the job responsibilities for the Marion County Laboratory Director. |
| | Example of a personnel competency form for General Supervisor in a CLIA regulated laboratory. |
| | Example of a personnel competency form for Technical Supervisor in a CLIA regulated laboratory. |
| | This document is provided for general guidance purposes for developing a method validation for laboratory-developed methods. Individual laboratories and laboratory directors remain responsible for meeting all CLIA’88 clinical laboratory regulations (42 CFR 493)2 and may have specific needs not addressed by this document. Modifications may be required to meet all applicable federal regulations. |
| | Clinical Health lab legislative letter template |
| | Michigan Department of Community Health Policy on HIPAA Privacy and Security |
| | Michigan state public health laboratory procedure for reporting laboratory results directly to a patient. This document is part of our Quality Management Plan, and is categorized under Process Management. (Headers, footers, etc. would be added by our document control system). |
| | This article describes collaboratorive training efforts between the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Laboratories Outbreak Team and ISDH Epidemiology Resource Center (ERC). This training was designed to educate local and clinical laboratories and providers on Indiana's Communicable Disease Rule and covered all aspects of the reporting process including the roles of physicians, nurses, laboratorians, and infection preventionists. |
| | Checklist for demonstrating proficiency/competency to the VIDAS prcodure for Listeria monocytogenes, and authorization. From the New York State Department of Agricultural and Markets Food Laboratory, August 17, 2008. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1966. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1967. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1968. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1970. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1971. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1972. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1973. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1974. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1975. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1976. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1978. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1979. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1980. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1983. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1984. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1988. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1989. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1990. |
| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories Fiscal Year 1991.
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| | Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) on State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories, Fiscal Year 1965 produced by the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HHS) |
| | Memorandum of Understanding Between NORDX Commerical Lab and Maine PHL 2009 |
| | A paper from the EPA Region 6 laboratory (Houston) concerning the use of a three-way valve to easily switch to nitrogen and lower helium use in laboratory instruments. |
| | This is agenda for the 2010 workshop called "Creating a Laboratory System Improvement Plan." held as prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting |
| | These are the worksheets that were used during the 2010 pre-APHL Annual Meeting workshop titled "Creating a Laboratory System Quality Improvement Plan." |
| | The 2008 Criteria for Performance Excellence, used by businesses and nonprofit organizations, contains information on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence and provides a systems perspective for understanding performance management. With their acceptance nationally and internationally as the model for performance excellence, the Criteria represent a common language for communication among organizations for sharing best practices. The National Institute of Standards and Technology manages the Baldridge National Quality Program. |
| | This is a crosswalk of multiple standards, regulations, and guidance documents impacting PHL Laboratories - ISO, EPA, CLIA, International Organization for Standardization, Environmental Protection Agency, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
| | The Deadly Delays, an article released by The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, discusses the lack of weekend hours for newborn screening laboratories, placing more babies at risk. (Date of publication: November 16, 2013). |
| | This is the definition of a Local Public Health Laboratory System, developed by the City of Milwaukee in 2010. |
| | This is the definition of a State Public Health Laboratory System, developed by the Laboratory Systems and Standards committee and approved by the APHL Board of Directors in 2007. Document updated in June 2010. |
| | Delaware Public Health Laboratory System Assessment, Delaware, Winter 2009 |
| | Routine Seasonal Respiratory Virus Algorithm 2009-2010, Delaware |
| | Swine Flu Algorithm, September 2009, Deleware |
| | This is the design document that your IT support would need to replicate the database component of the chemical inventory system in place in the EPA New England Regional Laboratory. There is an PDF of the standard operating procedures and an Oracle .sql file that builds the database. |
| | The Quality Management Plan (QMP) for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship – Remediation Services Project is one example of how a national laboratory established the principles, requirements, and practices necessary to implement and effective quality assurance program. This QMP is based on the ten criteria of 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 830 Subpart A, “Quality Assurance Requirements” and US Department of Energy Order 414.1, “Quality Assurance” as directed by Laboratory Performance Requirement (LPR) 308-00-00, “Institutional Quality Management”. |
| | Development & Implementation of a LEAN Process Implementation Plan
Jeffrey P Massey, Dr.P.H., HCLD(ABB)
Quality Manager, Michigan Dept of Community Health Bureau of Laboratoy
Presentation of case study of LEAN implemenation and associated tools at Michigan lab. |
| | Rex Astles, PhD, FACB, Senior Health Scientist of the CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems, created a presentation describing these programs, “Development of Public-Private Laboratory Systems,” which was given at the February 2007 CLIA Advisory Committee. |
| | This is a checklist of good laboratory practices for organizing a freezer. |
| | DRAFT - The Centers for Disease Control NSMBB Molecular Assessment Program (MAP): Evaluation of Newborn Screening Molecular Testing, February 2012 |
| | Electronic Bioterrorism (BT) Workshop Advertising Postcard, Iowa, 2009 |
| | This document provides a sample listing of improvement actions and resources that state public health laboratory system partners might consider in undertaking system improvement after participating as an L-SIP assessment site. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | Brochure created by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee master's student with Milwaukee Health Department. This communication medium explores nanomaterial synthesis, characterization and applications; a list of food and agricultural companies applying nanomaterials to their food products, potential health effects through OSHA, public health concerns and recommendations. Please contact Sanjib Bhattacharyya (SBHATT@milwaukee.gov) with any interest or questions. |
| | Environmental Laboratory Certification Fact Sheet, Florida Bureau of Laboratories, 2008 |
| | Memo on the use of hydrogen as an alternate carrier gas in drinking water compliance methods. |
| | ERLN Requirements Crosswalk (PA-DEP_2011) |
| | 2011 ERLN-WLA Application Membership Guide PowerPoint PA-DEP |
| | In 2000, the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) in the CDC Public Health Practice Program Office (PHPPO) set out to test the viability of a national laboratory system, and to explore opportunities and challenges for full implementation. CDC, in collaboration with APHL, funded three SPHLs (Minnesota,
Michigan, and Nebraska) as NLS demonstration projects. A fourth demonstration project, funded by a different program, was based in an academic institution in the State of Washington. It is referred to as the Clinical Laboratory Initiative (CLI). Each project was given the charge of designing and implementing activities that would create more formalized relationships between clinical and public health laboratories
as a means of ensuring their integration as a detection and response system. Funded SPHLs were expected to develop a profile of the clinical laboratories in their states and to develop and implement innovative ways to promote information exchange and to foster a sense of partnership between the public and private laboratories. The Washington demonstration project focused on enhancing antimicrobial susceptibility testing in the state’s clinical laboratories.
In 2002, CDC funded Battelle to conduct a formative evaluation of the demonstration projects and the readiness for expansion of similar activities to other states. |
| | Example Document Control Access File, Quality Control, Arizona, 2006 |
| | This document highlights real Examples of Biomonitoring in Public Health and is a companion document to the paper on Biomonitoring: An Integral Component of Public Health Practice. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | This fact sheet from the National Ground Water Association discusses the concerns associated with placing oil or gas wells near drinking water resources. The NGWA encourages all well owners to test their water before and after extraction operations start. It provides suggested options for well owners. |
| | The Fairfax County Public Health lab conducted a laboratory molecular testing survey among APHL member local labs to collect information on general molecular laboratory practice and molecular assay targets. |
| | Florida Bureau of Laboratories Fact Sheet, 2009 |
| | Bioterrorism Defense Program Fact Sheet, Florida Bureau of Laboratories |
| | Chemical Defense Program Fact Sheet, Florida Bureau of Laboratories, 2008 |
| | Newborn Screening Laboratory Fact Sheet, Florida Bureau of Laboratories, 2009 |
| | Jacksonville, Florida Newborn Screening Laboratory Accomplishments, 2007-2008 |
| | Flu ELSM Deprecated Codes, APHL, May 30, 2013 |
| | Flu Test Encoding Guidelines, APHL, February 2013 |
| | Flu Test Encoding Guidelines, APHL, February 2013 |
| | Food and Agriculture Sector Information Sharing Newsletter June 2011 |
| | "Forging a Lean Government" was presented by Walter Lowell, director of Maine's Office of Lean Management. The presentation describes the Lean approach, a disciplined approach that uses tools, measures and outcomes to create the most value from the customer's perspective while using the fewest resources and entails responsibility and accountability. |
| | Funding Sources Report for the Unified State Laboratories: Public Health, Utah, 2010 |
| | Generator Survey Information |
| | Laboratory Information System (LIS) Software Provider Report, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, APHL October 2005 |
| | Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute: Coaching Toolkit, 2008 |
| | Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute: Peer Coaching Program, 2008 |
| | Greening Laboratories: Best Practices Interview with Dr. Victor Waddell, Arizona Public Health Laboratory |
| | Best Practices Interview with Oscar Pancorbo, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
| | This 2015 APHL Annual Meeting poster by the City of Milwaukee Health Department summarizes a multi-organizational partnership effort to improve urban garden soil testing and results communication to city communities. The City of Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory was able to develop and validate bioavailable lead and potassium analytical methods. |
| | Guidance for Gross Radioactivity Screening of "Unknown" Samples for Non-Radiological Laboratories developed by the
Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks' Radiation Laboratory Workgroup |
| | From the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. This document is intended to provide step-by-step guidance to aid public health laboratories in the development of networks with clinical microbiology laboratories. While we certainly encourage cover-to-cover reading, we invite readers to pick and choose the information that may be useful from the material provided. |
| | This document contains basic information about the quality improvement tool known as a tree diagram. |
| | Guidelines for Submission of Sputum Specimens for TB Testing, April 2010 |
| | The laboratory COOP is a comprehensive, pre-event plan that describes the procedures, policies and arrangements necessary for the laboratory to respond quickly and effectively to a wide variety of possible disruptions or threats. It describes what is in place, what the laboratory does to respond, and what is required to maintain the COOP. |
| | Dr. Wanda Reiter-Kintz, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator at the State Hygienic Laboratory of the University of Iowa, presents guidelines she follows when writing after action reports and improvement plans. These Guidelines are a modified version of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) template that includes the following: a cover page, handling instructions, table of contents, executive summary, exercise overview, exercise summary, analysis of capabilities and recommendations for improvement, conclusion, and appendices. |
| | H1N1 (Swine flue) Testing Algorithm, North Carolina, 2009 |
| | COLA, a laboratory accreditation organization, developed a model practice for designing, developing and delivering a Hands-On science activities program. This document is the guide to how to setup the program and promote it to a school-based partner.
There are 4 additional documents to support the design of the program:
- two hands-on experiments
- a proposed schedule
- a press release sample
- a project guide.
These documents are also available in the MRC.
Link to the original files is: http://colacares.cola.org/resources/ |
| | COLA, a laboratory accreditation organization, developed a model practice for designing, developing and delivering a Hands-On science activities program. This document is the guide for two science experiments to share with students and a school-based partner.
There are 4 additional documents to support the design of the program:
- how to setup the program
- a proposed schedule
- a press release sample
- a project guide.
These documents are also available in the MRC.
Link to the original files is: http://colacares.cola.org/resources/
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| | COLA, a laboratory accreditation organization, developed a model practice for designing, developing and delivering a Hands-On science activities program. This document is a sample of a Press Release that can be used to promote the program along with the school-based partner.
There are 4 additional documents to support the design of the program:
- two hands-on experiments
- a proposed schedule
- a power point mini course on bacteria and handwashing
- a how-to project guide.
These documents are also available in the MRC.
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| | COLA, a laboratory accreditation organization, developed a model practice for designing, developing and delivering a Hands-On science activities program. This document is a sample of a schedule for the timeline on how to setup the program and deliver the program to a school-based partner.
There are 4 additional documents to support the design of the program:
- two hands-on experiments
- a power point short presentation on bacteria and handwashing
- a press release sample
- a project guide.
These documents are also available in the MRC.
Link to the original files is: http://colacares.cola.org/resources/
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| | This letter commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the State Laboratories Facility on Waimano Ridge from Governor David Ige. |
| | Course syllabus for internship re: information technology |
| | This is a poster of 1995-2005 accomplishments from Hawaii's State Laboratories Division. |
| | This is a poster of 2006-2015 accomplishments from Hawaii's State Laboratories Division. |
| | HETL Emergency Radiochemistry Capability, Pat Boudreau, March 2008, Maine, Chemical Threats |
| | This poster descirbes the History of Data Collection, Management and its Impact of Public Health Laboratories. |
| | Information form to be completed by individuals receiving HIV/AIDS testing |
| | This was the PowerPoint presentation that was used during the June 5 2010 "Creating a Laboratory System Quality Improvement Plan" pre-APHL Annual Meeting workshop. Giving an overview of the basics of quality improvement and how to develop an improvement plan. |
| | How to Speak to Media, February 2010 |
| | This document provides environmental laboratories with the attributes of an "ideal" accreditation system. The list is divided into mandatory and desirable attributes. |
| | An example of the Clinical Technical Supervisor - Competency and Proficiency Assessment |
| | In 2010, The Minnesota State Public Health Laboratory (MN-SPHL) received a competitive Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Innovations grant to implement a systems change initiative to design an ideal state public health laboratory system ("Design Grant"). This initiative was an extension of a day-long Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) assessment, a national initiative of APHL. The focus of the L-SIP assessment was the Minnesota Public Health Laboratory System, which includes all partners that contribute to the State’s ability to meet the laboratory needs for assuring the health and well-being of all Minnesotans. The focus of the Design Grant was to design an ideal state public health laboratory system (‘SPHL system"), using the L-SIP Assessment results as foundation for their work. |
| | The APHL Transitions Guide This guide was created through a panel discussion, brainstorming and interviews with subject matter experts and others whom laboratory directors rely on to help fulfill their everyday duties and realize the shared long-range vision for public health. |
| | An internet based mapping tool allowing for ease of acess for member laboratories to locate other laboraotories. |
| | The Indiana State Department of Health implemented a project to build relationships and create a network of partnerships with non-clinical laboratories. This database is comprised of dairy, veterinary, and public and private water laboratories. Additionally, some municipal water treatment laboratories are included in the database. The water treatment facilities are included because they are certified by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). |
| | Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories 2008 Annual Report, 2008 |
| | Indiana State Department of Health Laboratory Annual Report, 2009 |
| | Indiana's State Department of Health: The LAByrinth ISDH Laboratories Newsletter, May/June 2010, a bi-monthly newsletter published by ISDH. |
| | In response, NCPHLL’s Emerging Leader Cohort 4 created the Public Health Laboratory Awareness Toolkit or PHLAT, to educate the community about public health laboratory services, reinforce the value of these services to legislators and recruit new people into the field.
Looking for something fun that briefly illustrates the goings-on in infectious disease testing? This board game for ages 10 and up, increases awareness of the kinds of infectious agents tested by public health laboratories. |
| | In response, NCPHLL’s Emerging Leader Cohort 4 created the Public Health Laboratory Awareness Toolkit or PHLAT, to educate the community about public health laboratory services, reinforce the value of these services to legislators and recruit new people into the field.
Looking for something fun that briefly illustrates the goings-on in infectious disease testing? This board game for ages 10 and up, increases awareness of the kinds of infectious agents tested by public health laboratories. |
| | In response, NCPHLL’s Emerging Leader Cohort 4 created the Public Health Laboratory Awareness Toolkit or PHLAT, to educate the community about public health laboratory services, reinforce the value of these services to legislators and recruit new people into the field.
Looking for something fun that briefly illustrates the goings-on in infectious disease testing? This board game for ages 10 and up, increases awareness of the kinds of infectious agents tested by public health laboratories. |
| | In 2004, a subcommittee of the APHL Infectious Diseases Committee developed a framework checklist to assist public health laboratories in preparing for and responding to outbreaks and infectious disease threats. In 2013, this checklist has been reviewed and updated, because the need still exists. This checklist, to be used by public health laboratory leaders and scientists, outlines the various elements public health laboratories must address with each disease outbreak or emerging threat |
| | The purpose of this self-assessment tool is to enable Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) to have a comprehensive understanding and assessment of their current informatics capabilities. Use of this tool will help PHLs identify key gaps in their informatics capabilities, identify actions they may wish to take to strengthen those capabilities, and demonstrate improvement in efficiencies to policymakers. |
| | Final report of the design work accomplished through an Innovations grant, answering the question: What Does the Ideal PHL System Look Like? This is a full report of what a formalized structured PHL system would look like including system components, governance structure, a system map/diagram, and formal definition. |
| | Internship Brochure: "Your Passport to the Future", Iowa UHL, 2008 |
| | The State Hygienic Laboratory's last L-SIP assessment indicated that we need to improve our web offering by implementing a process of notifying clients electronically when samples are received and test results are available to be viewed. Since our L-SIP, this request has been repeated in customer satisfaction surveys, clinical (sentinel) lab advisory committee meetings, state and regional laboratory training and professional meetings, and during Kaizen events for process improvements. |
| | The previous L-SIP assessment conducted in Iowa indicated a lack of an environmental laboratory system and an inability to communicate effectively with environmental partners. The development of a statewide environmental laboratory network has long been a goal of the State Hygienic Laboratory. The APHL L-SIP grant allowed the SHL to address this gap and take the first step in developing an effective environmental laboratory network by hosting the Iowa Environmental Laboratory Response Network (I-ERLN) Summit on June 28. Participants included representatives from commercial, county, municipal, and state laboratories as well as representatives from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa Department of Public Health. |
| | This is a presentation on the Iowa Environmental Laboratory Response Network given in October 2011. |
| | The L-SIP process clearly enables the PHL system to identify what gaps or needs should be addressed.The Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Excellence has been successfully applied to a variety of organizational systems including health care, education, service, non-profit/government, manufacturing and small business. This non-prescriptive tool outlines a
measurable evaluation of an organizational system through seven elements: 1) Leadership; 2) Strategic Planning; 3) Customer; 4) Measurement, Analysis and Knowledge Management; 5) Workforce; 6) Operations;
and 7) Results. |
| | An excel workbook that aids in calculating your cost per test based on the actual cost related to a test. The algorithm includes consumables, labor, instrument replacement, certifications and most everything that should be included when calculating the direct and indirect cost of a test.
The algorithm takes into consideration the difference in cost per test depending on batch size. It can also include pre- and post- analytical costs to assure the full cost of a test is calculated.
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| | PowerPoint presentation detailing the importance and process of test cost documentation from the Iowa Hygienic Lab, March 2010. |
| | Transitions: 2009 Annual Report, Iowa University Hygienic Laboratory |
| | Iowa University Hygienic Laboratory Influenza Algorithm 2009-2010 |
| | University Hygienic Laboratory Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2010-2013 |
| | Iowa Univesity Hygienic Laboratory EID Fellowship Brochure, 2009 |
| | The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa (SHL) developed a system logic model that marries an objective context, the APHL Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) and Performance Measurement tool, with a strategic framework, the Malcolm Baldrige criteria, to create a comprehensive thought process to ensure that a thorough strategic plan is created that addresses a full range of system, programmatic and organizational objectives. |
| | Environmental Chemistry Fact Sheet, Jacksonville Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, 2009 |
| | To address the laboratory workforce shortage by increasing
interest in science, in general, and, specifically, public health
laboratory careers while promoting the value of public health
laboratories to the general public. |
| | Kaizen Action Sheet (KAS) (example)
Presented at NCPHLL / LSS Forum: LEAN in the PHL (February 2012), by Patrick J. Maul, MBA, MT(ASCP) , Principal Consultant, BD.
In the business sense and applied to the workplace, kaizen refers to activities that continually improve all functions, and involves all employees from the Lab director to the bench scientists and other lab workers. This Word document can be used or modified to document kaizen activities. One report for each kaizen. |
| | The following identifies what might be considered key elements or capacities that should be in place in a state public health laboratory system in order for that system to be functioning at a high (or “Gold”) level. The document was prepared and reviewed by the L-SIP Improvement Committee in work to define laboratory system improvement. |
| | In response, NCPHLL’s Emerging Leader Cohort 4 created the Public Health Laboratory Awareness Toolkit or PHLAT, to educate the community about public health laboratory services, reinforce the value of these services to legislators and recruit new people into the field. This is an informative powerpoint on PHLs intended to educate the general public about PHLs and the services they provide. |
| | This fact sheet describes how APHL’s Knowledge Management (KM) effort encourages members to share knowledge, ranging from survey data, to training, to lessons learned through experience, to technical assistance and consultation. |
| | This poster describes The Function of Knowledge Management in Public Health Laboratories. |
| | This document provides an introduction to knowledge management for public health laboratory professionals. Many public health laboratories are increasingly relying on digital information to conduct business but not all laboratory data and information is digital. The ability to collect, analyze and share it has become troublesome, even with rapidly changing technologies. This document describes basic knowledge management concepts, tracking the evolution of data to knowledge and identifying key components of knowledge management. |
| | Fiscal management is a challenge no matter how experienced a leader. Lab directors must be
familiar with the lab’s funding sources, from state and local revenue streams to federal funding
to other earned income. Budgeting within a public health laboratory is a subject of great
complexity—and with today’s focus on public accountability, of greater scrutiny. |
| | The following can be used in evaluation of a laboratory director as well as by a director in self-evaluation. Similar competency checklists for other positions can be found in APHL’s eLEET toolkit, and additional checklists can be developed out of these tools as needed. |
| | In addition to their day-to-day activities, public health laboratories must act as first responders. Lab functions need to keep going under all kinds of emergency situations, and labs have a role in emergency response as well. Ensuring preparedness isn’t a “just in case” issue—it’s essential to the mission. |
| | A lab director who leaves a lab takes his or her brain along, too. Large amounts of knowledge go with it including how the lab works, what the job entails and how things can improve. Some of this is knowledge the director—and other leaders—might not even know is there. |
| | Lab directors must do external bridge-building to help the lab advance and function effectively. This means knowing and interacting with key professional organizations in the industry and practice. Having these connections can also help in getting ideas and best practices for improving the lab, recruiting a good team, getting funding sources, sharpening skills and more. Don’t forget to add the associations specific to your state and region. |
| | With all the new information coming in on the first few days at the job, it can be easy to overlook or forget the obvious. Here’s a checklist to get the foundation right. |
| | The interview phase is the true evaluation of your top candidates, lab leaders say. Take as much time—and as many interviews—as you need to get to know the contenders. Here’s a list of top questions to choose from depending on your needs and interview format. Remember, the candidates you pick will likely not have every single quality you want, so also check for receptivity to building further skills on the job. |
| | Throughout the first year and beyond, this evaluation will help facilitate communication between lab directors and their supervisors during incremental reviews. Mentors, managers and supervisors should use this form as a mechanism to discuss both expectations of job performance and evaluation of actual performance. |
| | For use by the lab director’s mentor, manager or supervisor, this progress report helps those above the lab director evaluate the director’s progress. APHL recommends having a mentor in place for the lab director from day one—preferably within the lab—who can help guide the director through onboarding and beyond. This progress report serves as a monitoring tool to document development at intervals throughout the first year. Complete this report during in-person sessions with your director. |
| | Self-evaluation is a critical component of a director’s onboarding process. Assessing your own skills as they develop will help provide goals and direction for the lab as a whole. Self-evaluation can also help drive a mentorship relationship in the direction appropriate for both the mentee and the organization. |
| | There’s always room for improvement—especially in the first few months to a year in a new lab director role. Training courses and other continued education can help continuously develop a lab director’s on-the-job skills, leadership methods and management techniques. APHL offers a multitude of training programs; reach out to Member Services for more information. |
| | Lab directors can apply this step-by-step message development process to multiple kinds of advocacy communications, from internal staff and leadership team memos to external statements to reporters or the general public. |
| | An important part of a lab director’s role is cultivating leadership. And staff members within the lab need to know what they can do to move up to a lab director position. The following are skill requirement guidelines that can be used to develop a career ladder for specific labs. |
| | This model job description, developed by APHL, can be used to form a basis for handbooks, in creating recruitment materials, and in evaluating both candidates and working directors. It’s a blueprint of the basics—scope, qualifications, and duties and responsibilities—and can be adapted for your specific search. |
| | Lab directors don’t walk in excelling in every skill needed for their new role. But you can get there—by working toward personal goals. As a director, don’t hesitate to alter your goals as you go along and as you learn more in your role. |
| | In addition to having its own management structure, the laboratory has a place within several larger systems, from regional and national lab networks to the state government. Early in the onboarding process, the lab director should review the lab’s position in these systems and map out a reporting structure, revising as needed over time. Determining this chain of command clarifies authority and gives insight into which people a lab director should keep closely informed. |
| | Modify this template using your lab and story information and create your own press release for distribution. Your lab’s communication department may handle press releases, but if not, they might still help out with the writing, editing and proofreading. This model is for demonstration purposes only. |
| | Although communication with legislatures and agencies is becoming more and more controlled, the lab director still must have some degree of political acumen. You may be tapped as a resource or become involved in policy discussions and decisions. As soon as possible, find out if there are any immediate needs or issues for the state. While you’ll want to re-examine overall functioning, it’s hard to get anywhere if immediate needs aren’t addressed. |
| | Code of dress standards developed for safety and professionalism of laboratory staff in Maryland, 2007 |
| | Laboratory Connectivity and Integration offers insights into the value of public-private partnerships to strengthen public health and it was presented on June 4, 2007 at the APHL Annual Meeting. |
| | It is the policy of Boston University and Boston Medical Center that laboratory decommissioning take place prior to the re-certification or relocation of any laboratory space or upon vacating laboratory space or leaving either institution. |
| | Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative (LEI) Public Health Laboratory Director Forums Meeting Summary April 2012 |
| | Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative Partners Forum Meeting Summary December 2012 |
| | This presentation was given on the January 28, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum call on laboratory efficiency improvement efforts at the City of Milwaukee Public Health Laboratory. Steve Gradus and Sanjib Bhattacharyya from the Milwaukee PHL served as the speakers. |
| | The Laboratory Equipment Inventory form is designed to track/inventory laboratory equipment. By tracking date of purchase and expected replacement dates, you can plan funding for future purchases. |
| | Laboratory Information System (LIS) High Level Requirements - President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief APHL October 2005 |
| | Laboratory Information System (LIS) Quick Start Guide, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| | Laboratory Information System (LIS) Toolkit, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, APHL October 2005 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Differentiation by Design Aligning for Success (Micro Design) |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Differentiation by Design Section 1:Introduction, Design Model and Diagnosis |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Differentiation by Design Section 2:Results & Environment |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Differentiation by Design Section 3: Strategy and Guidance & Culture and leadership |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Differentiation by Design Section 4: Macro Structure Tools |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Differentiation by Design Section 5: Organizing Systems |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Glossary of Terms, Tools and Principles |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Macro Organization Design Tool Kit |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Micro Organization Design |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 1 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 1 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 2 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 2 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 3 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 3 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 4 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 4 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 5 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 5 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 6 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 6 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 7 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Section 7 |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Change and Individual Transitions Toolkit |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Organization Diagnosis & Design Models |
| | Laboratory Leadership On Demand Transitions Toolkit - Tools and Templates |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - APHL Workforce Initiative Strategic Planning Process, |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix A, RWJF Workforce Initiative Project Work Groups |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix B, Who will run Americas PHLs |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix D, National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership Strategic Plan, 2006-2009 |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix F, Metrics to Manage to and Monitor Plan |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix G,Work Force Development Initiative Final Charter |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix H, Human Resources Toolkit |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives – Appendix I, Consultant Resume |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix J, Working Agendas |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Appendix J, Working Committee Session 2 |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Creating a model for strategic planning, Final Report |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Developing leaders for the nation's public health laboratories: An agenda for the future |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Fishbone Diagram Analysis Attachment 2 |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Fishbone Diagram Analysis Attachment 3 |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - HR Strategic Goal Grid |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Public Health Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiative |
| | Laboratory Leadership Workforce Initiatives - Visio Strategy Map Version 3 |
| | Immediately following a major release of chemical, biological, or radiological agents, the nation’s laboratories will be called upon to assist with the assessment of exposure to people, the environment, food, and other matrices. This will require a massive effort on the part of the nation’s laboratories, both governmental and commercial, to respond to the anticipated overwhelming sample load while producing high-quality results to support decision making as well as response and recovery activities. This document (developed by the Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks' Laboratory Logistics Working Group) lists various aspects of a laboratory’s processes that may limit or severely limit a laboratory’s transition from routine operations to surge capacity operations in response to an incident of national significance. Potential solutions are also offered. |
| | Laboratory Management: A Workshop for Laboratory Managers, Directors and Supervisors, PDF Presentation, APHL, 2006 |
| | This Laboratory Program Advisor job description is designed to help the State Public Health Laboratory director either create a position or modify an existing position. |
| | This excel-based cost analysis template contains a worksheet for logging Laboratory Response Network - Biological expenses incurred by a public health laboratory for any given year. The template may not include all associated costs but can be adapted to fit your laboratory. Any questions should be directed to tyler.wolford@aphl.org. |
| | Harvard Business Review article: John P Kotter, Professor Leadership at Harvard Business School in Boston, MA.
The focus of this article is on how organizations make fundamental changes in how business is conducted in order to help cope with a new, more challenging market environment. |
| | Lean in the Lab: A Continuous Improvement Activity (case study) NH Public Health Lab (2010)
Presented by Jill Power, Quality Manager, New Hampshire at NCPHLL / LSS Forum: LEAN in the PHL (Febrary 2012)
What is LEAN? How can it be applied to PHL activities?
Case study on using LEAN to improvement Central Receiving area at the NH PHL. |
| | Can eliminating institutionalized inefficiencies in the lab result in better turn-around times and enhance lab performance? Article on how LEAN can be useful in laboratory initiatives.
Source: MLO, March 2012. Author: Joseph Campos, PhD, Children’s National Medical Center.
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| | LEAN tool = Project Charter form with instructions
Presented at NCPHLL / LSS forum: LEAN for PHL (June 2012)
Patrick J. Maul, MBA, MT(ASCP), Principal Consultant, BD
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| | Legislative Letter Template -- Food / Ag Lab |
| | This poster gives an overview of projects in 2012 for the Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative. It was presented at the APHL 2013 annual meeting. |
| | This poster about the tool for test service data management was presented at the 2013 APHL annual meeting. |
| | The Informatics Self-Assessment tool gives PHL professionals the ability to identify and plan for their required informatics capabilities, prioritize the use of existing resources, document and communicate these priorities to policy makers and monitor current informatics capabilities on an on-going basis. This poster was presented at the 2013 APHL annual meeting. |
| | Abbott Laboratories conducted a pilot project of Lean workflow assessments in three member laboratories. This poster was presented at the 2013 APHL annual meeting. |
| | The LEI Policy Guide is a resource for exploring test service policy issues. This poster was presented at the 2013 APHL annual meeting. |
| | LEI APHL CDC PHL Service Data April 2012 |
| | Fall 2013 LEI Fact Sheet |
| | LEI Informatics CDC –APHL Second Consultation Meeting Summary May 2012 |
| | LEI Informational Poster May 2012 |
| | LEI Management of Test Service Data May 2012 |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | LEI Policy Meeting Summary August 17th 2012 |
| | This is an example of a contract used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This contract is an example used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of a contract used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of a contract used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This guide is a resource that directors and managers of public health laboratories can use as they assess and, if they so choose, implement changes in the models of their laboratories’ testing services. The guide’s target audience includes directors and managers of all laboratories that conduct tests of public health significance. The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and CDC’s Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office (LSPPPO) cosponsored preparation of the guide. Its focus and contents reflect the contributions of many public health laboratory directors and their colleagues, APHL and CDC staff members, and others who shared the goal of making the guide as useful and practical as possible. |
| | The LEI supports public health laboratory directors’ exploration of a number of models for testing services that have potential for greater efficiency. One model is for public health laboratories in two or more states or other jurisdictions (e.g., tribes, localities, and territories) to share testing services. |
| | In 2010, CMS agreed with CDC and APHL’s request to offer CLIA certification for all chemical testing laboratories, regardless of whether they met the CLIA definition for testing human samples. Recently, APHL heard from states with more stringent licensure requirements that CLIA expressed concern regarding unlicensed chemists in the public health laboratory. This toolkit may help states evaluate their options. |
| | The Local Laboratory System Improvement Program Performance Measurement Tool is based on the Eleven Core Functions and Capabilities of Public Health Laboratories and is designed within the framework of the Ten Essential Public Health Services. The state L-SIP asessment tool was modified by members of the Local Labortory Committee in Summer 2013. |
| | This is a graphic representation of the local public health laboratory system, created by the City of Milwaukee (November 2010). |
| | This presentation was given on November 13, 2012 to the Laboratory System Improvement Group (LSIG) call on improving laboratory documents.
Adopting a Continuous Quality Improvement Mindset: Laboratory Documents
Bonny Lewis Van, PhD, FACB‐Laboratory Director
Marion County Public Health Department
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| | This presentation was given on the January 14, 2013 Laboratory System Improvement Group (LSIG) call related to L-SIP and Baldrige.
Presentation title: Combining L-SIP with Baldrige for PHL System Improvements
Lorelei Kurimski, Performance Excellence Consultant. State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa |
| | This presentation was given on the January 14, 2013 Laboratory System Improvement Group (LSIG) call related to L-SIP and Baldrige.
Presentation title: Missouri's Baldrige Journey
Laura Eisinger Naught, Quality Systems Officer, Missouri State Public Health Laboratory |
| | The L-SIP assessment facilitator list was developed to assist states convening an L-SIP assessment in selecting facilitators. |
| | Novel H1N1 Influenza Swine Flu Helpsheet Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory (HETL) |
| | This presentation was given on the November 12, 2013 Quality Improvement Forum call on risk assessment. The speaker was Charlene Thomas from the Alabama SPHL. |
| | Management Academy for Public Health Logic Model Revised |
| | Managing and Juggling Your Media Vendors Prabhash Shrestha October 2009 |
| | Marketing the Public Health Laboratory Presentation - Beth Hochstedler and Pat Blake, Iowa, University Hygienic Laboratory, 2005 |
| | Marketing the Public Health Laboratory |
| | Human Resource policy memo from Maryland state laboratory detailing the laboratory's practices and standards regarding reporting of unsafe practices. |
| | Maryland’s State Public Health Laboratory Newsletter, Maryland, January 2011 |
| | Measuring Core Functions and Capabilities of Public Health Laboratories, APHL June 2010 |
| | Media Prepartion Bail Out Plan (case study) LEAN activity at TX DSHS
Presented by Vanessa Telles, MPH, Texas Department of State Health Services
at NCPHLL / LSS Forum: LEAN in the PHL (Febryary 2012)
Case study discusses the Media Prep “Bailout” Plan, including the processes, successes and struggles, at the Texas Department of State
Health Services Laboratory. |
| | This document contains information shared during the one-day Strategic Forum on Meeting Community Health Needs through Environmental Health Labs. The items included in this document include: the Agenda, Discussion Guide, Forum Summary, all of the presentations on the Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative, About Public Health Laboratories, Serving the Community and Possible Arenas for Labs.
NOTE: Please ask APHL at EH@aphl.org before sharing their slides with others.
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| | Michigan Bureau of Laboratories Goes Green, February 2009 |
| | Influenza Testing Algorithm for Cases and Outbreaks, Michigan Department of Community Health, Fall 2009 |
| | Michigan Green Chemistry Education Newsletter, June 2009 |
| | This tool was developed by the Michigan State Public Health laboratory to introduce students at an early age to laboratory science and guide their natural curiosity to explore science so they may choose this path later in life; whether deciding on a college major or a career. |
| | This is a model template for use by SHLs who wish to start K-12 laboratory outreach. The Michigan K-12 Outreach template has three tiers. In Tier 1, which includes students in kindergarten through third grade, young students are familiarized with the basics of science and introduced to “science heroes.” In Tier 2, which includes students in fourth through eighth grade, students learn about specific laboratory testing and disease prevention. Students in this tier learn about the testing that a public health laboratory performs and how that testing affects the public’s health. In Tier 3, which includes students in ninth through twelfth grade, students are introduced to streaking agar plates and pH determination. These students learn about instrumentation and relate testing to emerging public health issues. In addition, students are provided with information about laboratory majors and careers available within public health laboratories. |
| | The Michigan Laboratory System Improvement Plan represents ideas and action items stemming from the Michigan Laboratory System Improvement Program (LSIP) meeting held in March 2009 and the Michigan Laboratory System Advisory Group (LSAG) meeting held in November 2009 (and updated April 2010). Its purpose is to guide the LSAG going forward by providing detailed action items that emerged in these two initial meetings. |
| | This is the mission statement for the Michigan Laboratory System Advisory Group (LSAG). |
| | This is the progress report template for the Michigan Laboratory Advisory Group (LSAG). |
| | The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) Bureau of Laboratories (BOL) held its initial Laboratory System Improvement Program (LSIP) meeting in March 2009 with 57 attendees from state and local public health; clinical and commercial laboratories; academia; agricultural, environmental and veterinary laboratories; professional organizations; infectious control practitioners; and military personnel. One of the outcomes of this meeting was a recommendation for the formation of the Michigan Laboratory System Advisory Group (LSAG) which held its first meeting in November
2009, with 45 people in attendance. The last LSAG meeting occurred in September 2010 with 32 attendees, mostly from state public health. In order to recharge our system and contribute to one of the system-wide priority issues,
we proposed to convene an LSAG meeting entitled "Leave a Legacy." |
| | In Michigan the Laboratory System Advisory Group (LSAG) was established as a result of recommendations generated by the Laboratory System Improvement Process (LSIP) sponsored by APHL and CDC. Since the inception of the LSAG in 2009, commitment to the State Public Health Laboratory system had waned; and active participation in LSAG committee work dwindled to those representing state public health programs and local public health laboratories. Additionally, many potential system members, particularly hospital laboratory-based pathologists, did not view themselves as part of the SPHL system. We felt that a new direction would enhance and maintain the Michigan SPHL system, by re-energizing current members and demonstrating the value of participation to potential members.
Michigan proposed a one-day workshop, with sessions in public policy, legislative advocacy, and communication skills to improve attendees’ knowledge of the legislative process and enhance their practical skills. The workshop would conclude early in the day allowing attendees to meet with their elected representatives or tour the Capitol building.
This project was funded through an APHL Innovations Grant. |
| | A learning activity for elementary school student (handwashing and effect on microbes).
Summary: This lesson is designed to acquaint students with the concept of how microorganisms cause disease.
Main Curriculum Tie:
Science – Ideal for 5th-6th Grade
Identify positive and negative effects of microorganisms and how science has developed positive uses for some microorganisms and overcome the negative effects of others.
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| | Microbiology PT schedule |
| | Keenan Health Center SharePoint Dashboard
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| | Mock CLIA Survey |
| | City of Milwaukee Quality Management System Quality Manual |
| | Quality Systems Training for a Satellite Laboratory |
| | This presentation was given at the opening session at the Milwaukee local L-SIP Assessment held in November 2010. |
| | This is the assessment report from the Milwaukee local L-SIP assessment, which was held in November 2011. |
| | This is the Milwaukee local L-SIP assessment follow-up presentation that was given in March 2011. |
| | A customer survey used to obtain a baseline of customer satisfaction and other information from our stakeholders. |
| | This is a tri-fold brochure from the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory.
From the brochure:
The Missouri State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) located in Jefferson City, is dedicated to the promotion, protection and assurance of the health of Missouri’s citizens by providing a wide range of laboratory and analytical services. These services include laboratory testing for infectious diseases, genetic disorders and environmental concerns, both in support of public health programs, and as a reference laboratory performing confirmatory or specialized procedures. |
| | This file is a compilation of materials used to explain part of the QA policies for the clinical laboratories at the Minnesota Department of Health PHL. This is a set of materials used for new employees and students that explains some of the components of QA through an interactive cookie exercise. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | Modernization of Public Health Laboratories in Privatization Atmosphere, Joseph McDade and William Hausler Jr., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1998 |
| | Q&A and SOP examples |
| | In 2006, the Frontier states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming formed the Northern Plains Consortium, a collaboration of Public Health Laboratories committed to addressing issues of public health significance within the participating states. The question that surfaces within this group is the same question that is often asked within the APHL Laboratory System Improvement Group, “What do we do next?” The laboratory needs to meet the needs of its customers as well as fulfill requirements of regulatory and accreditation agencies; and it must do so making maximum use of often limited resources. To meet this demand, the laboratory’s quality system must be efficient and effective. Consensus-derived standards and guidelines published by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) support a quality management model that meets this demand. To facilitate understanding of how to integrate these guidelines into a functional quality system, Montana Public Health Laboratory proposed the presentation of a quality management workshop for our Montana and Consortium partners |
| | National Center For Public Health Laboratory Leadership Succession Planning |
| | National Center For Public Health Laboratory Leadership Succession Planning |
| | This is a National Public Health Laboratory Internship Model to be used by public health laboratories across the nation for the development and recruitment of the public health workforce at the local, state, and national level. The model is designed to be flexible to adapt easily to the changing needs and capacity of organizations and can be utilized to develop new programs or improve existing programs. While this model has been developed to meet the specific needs of a public health laboratory it can be easily modified for use in the broader public health arena. Contained within this model is a short description of key components of an internship program with supplementary material and tools in the appendixes. The document has been formated to be printed on back to back pages. |
| | Form for use when patient requests access to laboratory results |
| | Summary report from NCPHLL's Legislative Advocacy Forum in April 2012. |
| | A Summary of highlights from NCPHLL's Applied Research Forum in March 2012. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a list of links to examples of how you can promote and share the importance your public health laboratory. |
| | Summary of highlights from NCPHLL's Procurement Forum held in January 2012. |
| | NCPHLL Procurement Meeting Summary March 2012 |
| | Nebraska Public Health Laboratory Newsletter, Nebraska, Summer 2008 |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | New England Exercise Evaluation Guide: Primary Response Laboratory for a Chemical Contaminant in Drinking Water |
| | New England Public Health Laboratory Response Function Exercise Controller and Evaluator Handbook, Homeland Security, New Hampshire 2008 |
| | New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory Division News Fall/Winter 2008, New Mexico, Fall 2008 |
| | The L-SIP funding was used to expand the capabilities of our current Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) by obtaining label printers and barcode scanners, as well as improving efficiencies in testing and staffing needs through the acquisition of the Abbott Architect system.
The original request included a contract for our LIMS contractor to develop report emailing capabilities and query development. Due to timing issues, the contract could not be executed, so, with permission from APHL, those monies were redirected to computer hardware, software, support and supplies. |
| | This survey was developed by the New Mexico Public Health Laboratory to provide an outlet for feedback from external clients. |
| | New Mexico Scientific Laboratory Division News, Spring 2009 |
| | New Mexico, Scientific Laboratory Divison, Fall 2013 Newsletter |
| | New Mexico Scientific Laboratories, Scientific Laboratory Division News Summer 2013 Newsletter |
| | This is a sample of a guide walking sample submitters through the process at the New Mexico Public Health Laboratory. |
| | This is a sample specimen submission form for the New Mexico State Public Health Laboratory. |
| | Checklist of biodefense specimens (e.g., a type of chain of custody form) |
| | This brochure — endorsed by the American Academy of Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the March of Dimes — explains the newborn screening process and what parents need to know to protect their newborn. For distribution at sites including health care providers’ offices, birthing education classes and hospitals. |
| | This is a brochure targeted to policymakers in Newborn Screening & Genetics, and four facts that they need to know when making policies.
To obtain copies of this brochure, please contact Yadashe Belay at yadashe.belay@aphl.org. |
| | The NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Fall 2009 |
| | The NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Fall 2010 |
| | NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, February 2009, Spring 2009 |
| | The NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Spring 2010 |
| | NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Spring 2011 |
| | NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Spring 2014 |
| | NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Summer 2013 |
| | NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Winter 2011/2012 |
| | NH Public Health Laboratories Newsletter, New Hampshire, Winter 2012/2013 |
| | New Hampshire State Quality Laboratory Improvement Project- Plan, Do, Study, Act |
| | NHPHL PHIT Arboviral Plan, Do, Study, Act 5-26-09 |
| | Sample policy from NC on patient access to laboratory results |
| | Notes from Media Evaluation Web Conference, APHL, July 19, 2006 |
| | Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Tuberculosis Survey Template |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a document that includes tips and strategies for hosting an open house for a public health laboratory. |
| | The improvement project proposed by the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory (LSIP) for an APHL mini grant was to build a stronger sense of community and system-wide perspective among Oregon’s clinical and public health laboratories. The initial assessment of the Oregon Laboratory System (OLS) identified the need to enhance communication, collaboration and training for public and private-sector laboratories. |
| | This document details how the Oregon Public Health Laboratory responds to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 would allow patients, or their “personal representative” access to their completed laboratory test reports. |
| | This is the Oregon Public Health Laboratory's patient request form for release of laboratory test results. This is the companion document to to the one that details how the Oregon Public Health Laboratory responds to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 would allow patients, or their “personal representative” access to their completed laboratory test reports. |
| | This is a brochure from the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory. The Oregon State Public Health Laboratory’s (OSPHL) state-of-the-art facility and expert staff deliver critically important services throughout Oregon and the Western region. |
| | A Guide to the Technical Support Materials (TSM) documents designed to help users evaluate site information and decide which tools would best support the development of site-specific alternative water quality criteria (WQC) that are scientifically defensible and protective of the recreational designated use. |
| | Pat Luedtke Messages on Small State Syndrome, Utah 2009 |
| | A brochure by the Iowa State Hygeinic Laboratory features programs to attract students into public health laboratory science careers. |
| | This is PerkinElmer's November 2012 webcast concerning migrating GC equipment away from helium to other carrier gases. Given the impending shortage of helium, many laboratories are looking to other carrier gases like hydrogen and nitrogen. |
| | PHido Postcard V2 |
| | This is a powerpoint template that members can use to develop and plan open houses or lab tours. Feel free to tailor it as you see fit. Let us know if you use it and if you have any feedback! |
| | Latshaw MW, Mangal C, Barkey A et al. Public health laboratories and radiological readiness.Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Oct;5(3):213-7.
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| | Michigan podcast discussing the collaborative relationship between the State Public Health Laboratory and Epidemiology. |
| | Podcast of the State Public Health Laboratory's role in emergency response. |
| | Podcast of the county health department's role in the State Public Health Laboratory System. |
| | Podcast of a hospital's role in the State Public Health Laboratory System. |
| | Podcast of the consequences of funding cuts at the State Public Health Laboratory to outbreak investigation and disease detection. |
| | The Marion County Public Health Department Laboratory, Indianapolis, IN increased the quality and quantity of clinical point of care (POCT) in health department clinics in 5 years. This mirrors a national trend to decentralize clinical testing, which has the potential to improve healthcare delivery, and public health in particular. Decentralized testing along with improved connectivity of information and more robust testing devices also supports a greater responsiveness to emergency response essential for public health.
This resource is a poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting in 2015. |
| | This Policy Guide is a resource that public health laboratory directors and their colleagues can use as they explore legal and other policy questions related to state public health laboratories’ sharing test services with each other. |
| | Policy on Use of Personal Electronics by Employees of the Laboratories Administration in the Workplace, Maryland, 2007 |
| | Sample position description for QA manager |
| | Position description for a QI Coordinator at the City/County of Denver |
| | The City of Milwaukee conducted an L-SIP assessment. This is a poster discribing the L-SIP process. |
| | Instructions for processing samples during an influenza outbreak and in particularly, H1N1 influenza. |
| | Practical Guide to Public Health Laboratories for State Officials |
| | This PowerPoint was dicusssed on the June 23, 2009 Improvement TA call. |
| | In response, NCPHLL’s Emerging Leader Cohort 4 created the Public Health Laboratory Awareness Toolkit or PHLAT, to educate the community about public health laboratory services, reinforce the value of these services to legislators and recruit new people into the field. |
| | A summary of reports submitted by the Michigan Department of Community Health Bureau of Laboratories
March 17, 2011
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| | This set of documents from Kansas addresses the issue of laboratory privatization and includes: chapters from the Kansas Council on Privatization Report from 1995, the Kansas Senate Resolution forming the Council, a memo of concerns from the Kansas Association of Public Employees (KAPE) and survey results of Kansas state agencies using privatization. |
| | Privatization Reports/Papers 2: Illinois, Pennsylvania, California Summaries, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996 |
| | Privatization Reports/Papers 3: California and Minnesota Summaries, Prospects and Limitations of Privatization, 1991, 1995, 1996 |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | Proficiency Testing SOP |
| | Proficiency Test schedule example |
| | Proficiency Testing SOP |
| | EPA's Protocol for the Evaluation of Alternate Test Procedures for Analyzing Radioactive Contaminants in Drinking Water |
| | PT Material for Food and Feed Testing Laboratories |
| | Public Health Laboratories in a Changing Health Care Landscape, Michael Skeels, Oregon, 1999 |
| | Some analysts believe that our public health system currently lacks the capacity to rapidly detect a biological attack, accurately identify toxic substances, or communicate the existence of an attack. This June 2003 report from the Trust for America's Health, a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C., addresses the role of public health laboratories, explores the current ability of state public health laboratories to respond to specific chemical weapon events, and provides recommendations for improving state public health laboratories. |
| | Public Health Laboratory Competencies Project Jan 2013 |
| | Public Health Laboratory Director Level Professional Competencies Evaluation Form, Michael Pentella, UHL Iowa, 2009 |
| | Public Health Laboratory Entry Level Professional Competencies Evaluation Form, Michael Pentella, UHL Iowa, 2009 |
| | Public Health Laboratory Journey Level Professional Competencies Evaluation Form, Michael Pentella, UHL Iowa, 2009 |
| | Public Health Laboratory Manager Level Professional Competencies Evaluation Form, Michael Pentella, UHL Iowa, 2009 |
| | Public Health Laboratory Services: Public vs. Outsourcing, Florida, 2010 |
| | Public Health Laboratory Supervisor Level Professional Competencies Evaluation Form, Michael Pentella, UHL Iowa, 2009 |
| | This is a Public Health Reports article that discusses the process, progress, and future of Newborn Screening & Gentics in labs, follow-up, education, policies, and the technologies used. |
| | PVD (primary visual display) Board Layout (LEAN)
LEAN tools: Example presented at NCPHLL / LSS forum: LEAN in PHL (February 2012), Patrick J. Maul, MBA, MT(ASCP), Principal Consultant, BD.
An example of a primary visual display used in conjunction with daily Huddle meetings. A "Huddle" meeting is a quick daily check-in meeting for operation announcements and quality process updates. The information from a Huddle meeting should be summarized and posted each day on the PVD so everyone in the laboratory can stay current on the daily activities. |
| | position description for QA manager from Corpus Christi |
| | This presentation was given on the April 28, 2015 Quality Improvement Forum call.
Presentation title: Core Functions Document Overview
Presenter:
Burt Wilcke
University of Vermont |
| | This presentation was given on the May 21, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum call on process improvement teams at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa. Lorelei Kurimski, director of the Office of Organizational Development, and Rachel Greenberg, a first-year public health program associate for CDC, presented on creating process improvement teams. During their presentation, they covered the steps taken to create process improvement teams, and share facilitation and organizational tools and lessons learned. |
| | This document was mentioned in the October 9, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum presentation related to Tulare County Laboratory Lean Journey. Presenters: Denise Lopez. |
| | This presentation was given on the March 24, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum call.
Presentation title: Quality Assurance Planning: A Practical Approach to Quality Management Systems
Presenter:
Gary Oty
Director of the Office of Quality, Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness
New Mexico Department of Health, Scientific Laboratory Division |
| | This presentation was given on the December 2, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum call on the North Carolina L-SIP assessment experience. The speaker was Dr. Leslie Wolf from the Louisville, KY laboratory; she served as the NC PHL L-SIP coordinator |
| | This presentation was given on the February 26, 2015 Quality Improvement Forum call.
Presentation title: Orange County Health Care Agency Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) Strategic Plan
Presenter:
Julia Wolfe, Orange County Public Health Laboratory |
| | This presentation was given on the May 1, 2013 Quality Improvement Forum call.
Presentation title: Quality Assurance Planning: A Practical Approach to Quality Management Systems
Presenter:
John Shalkham
Director, Office of Quality Assurance
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene |
| | This presentation was given on the July 23, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum call related to Indiana's training and outreach program. Presentation title: Building Indiana’s Outreach and Training Program: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Presenters: Jyl Madlem and Shelley Matheson. |
| | This document was mentioned in the July 23, 2014 Quality Improvement Forum presentation related to Indiana's training and outreach program. Presentation title: Building Indiana’s Outreach and Training Program: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Presenters: Jyl Madlem and Shelley Matheson. |
| | This presentation was given on November 3, 2015 Quality Improvement Forum (QIF) call. Mary DeMartino, quality assurance division director at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute, illustrated examples of how her laboratory incorporated IQCP (prior to the release of any guidance or tools), specifically with the Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF test. Topics covered were the process used to choose the tests for which IQCP would be implemented, the risk assessment process, and creation of the quality assurance plan and quality assessment. |
| | This presentation was given on August 20, 2015 Quality Improvement Forum (QIF) call. Eleanor Williams, quality assurance group manager, Laboratory Services Section, Texas Department of State Health Services, shared her experience using a thorough root cause analysis to develop effective corrective actions. Topics covered included deciding when to initiate a root cause investigation, using a team approach to conduct the investigation, overcoming common obstacles and developing effective corrective actions. |
| | This presentation was given on September 11, 2013 to the Quality Improvement Forum (QIF) call on ISO 15189. Dr. Robert Rej, director of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology at the Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research of the New York State Department of Health, presented the major features of the third edition (15189:2012) and highlight areas where it differs substantially from earlier editions. |
| | This document includes several quality improvement processes and will be dicusssed on the June 23, 2009 Improvement TA call. |
| | This presentation provides a basic understanding of quality improvement, discusses the difference between quality improvement and quality assurance, and offers an example of how Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle can be used. |
| | This document includes several quality improvement tools and will be dicusssed on the June 23, 2009 Improvement TA call. |
| | Rapid Laboratory Influenza Tests: Performance Charateristics Data, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 2007 |
| | REPORT OF PROFICIENCY TEST RESULT ANALYSIS |
| | The Research Toolkit provides a single comprehensive knowledge management resource to support Public Health research efforts and collaborations. While the primary target audience is Public Health Laboratories, the Toolkit can apply to any Public Health arena or system partner. |
| | The APHL Knowledge Management Committee developed a Research Toolkit which provides a single comprehensive knowledge management resource to provide information and support public health research efforts and collaborations. |
| | The return on investment tool is an excel spreadsheet template and is designed to be adaptable to the specific needs of a variety of internships. Rows can be added and deleted as needed. For your convenience two templates are offered; a completed ROI to serve as a guide and a blank working version. This is the working version template.
The tool is broken down into costs and gains and the return on investment is calculated by dividing the net gains by total costs. There are three tabs in the completed ROI tool: 1.) a full time 12 month fellowship, 2.) a part time paid internship, 3.) a part time unpaid internship. These tabs and the formulas contained within can be modified to fit your specific needs.
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| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | 2011 Salary Survey for clinical laboratory scientists
Source: Medical Laboratory Observer, March 2011
MLO recognizes the ongoing need for medicallaboratory
technologists and technicians. Estimates tell us
that by 2012, 100,000 vacant MLTIMT positions will
exist, but the need for laboratory testing is greater than it has
ever been. While a relentless search for clinical laboratory
professionals is ongoing, MLO readers might be interested the
results from a total of 2,375 concerned MLO subscribers who
responded to our annual salary survey. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a sample press release for public health laboratories. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a sample press release for public health laboratories. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a sample press release for public health laboratories. |
| | Worksheet/checklist for testing unknown select agents. |
| | The San Diego Public Health Laboratory is closely regulated by federal law and regulation under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) 1988, and by California law and regulations based on CLIA 88. This document outlines the responsibilities for the Laboratory Director (LD) and Assistant Laboratory Director. |
| | May 2010 San Luis Obispo County Public Health Laboratory Bulletin |
| | Science Gazing: Sustainable Solutions for High Performance Laboratories, HDR PowerPoint, 11 Feb 2009 |
| | Security Plan and Manual for Laboratory Employees, Maryland, 2010 |
| | The United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates that scientific advancements will provide new technologies for quantifying indicators of fecal contamination. As new or alternative indicator and enumeration method combinations mature, states, territories, and authorized Indian tribes (hereafter referred to as states) might want to consider using these methods to develop site-specific water quality criteria (WQC).
This document provides support materials for developing site-specific alternative WQC using new methods for fecal indicator detection or enumeration that EPA has not validated and issued. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a "Social Media Guide for Public Health Laboratories." |
| | This is the SOP for the design document that your IT support would need to replicate the database component of the chemical inventory system in place in the EPA New England Regional Laboratory. There is an PDF of the standard operating procedures and an Oracle .sql file that builds the database. |
| | Summary Report: Harmonizing Test Platforms to Increase Efficiencies in Public Health Laboratories |
| | State Health Leadership Initiative Mentoring Guide |
| | State Health Leadership Initiative Mentoring Guide, 2010 |
| | This presentation was given on the July 23, 2013 Quality Improvement Forum call on strategic planning. The speaker was Lorelei Kurimski from the Iowa SPHL. |
| | Student Reflections Texas-Mexico Border Health Internships |
| | Student Reflections: Texas-Mexico Border Health Internships, Texas, 2009 |
| | This presentation about public health laboratory systems successes was given at the 2015 ASM conference by Paula Vagnone (MN PHL). |
| | This tool is designed to help laboratory leaders plan for and estimate their surge capacity for responding to all-hazard threats, including naturally emerging infectious diseases. Laboratory leaders should review this information on an annual basis or whenever major changes occur in space allocation, instruments, staff or other factors that could affect surge capacity. |
| | Table of Responses of Laboratory Quality Improvement Activites, APHL, June 2009 |
| | Task Force Report on The Public Health Laboratory – A Critical National Resource, ASTPHLD (APHL), CDC, 1993 |
| | The current regulation that stipulates acceptable methods is 40 CFR 141.25 and the limit on gross alpha and gross beta radioactivity is 40 CFR 141.26.
The method is intended to act as a general screening tool to assess if further investigation into activity of specific radionuclides is warranted. |
| | This method is sometimes colloquially referred to as “Total Radium.” This unfortunate practice causes confusion regarding its applicability. It is a screening method only for drinking water samples for only one isotope of radium, 226Ra. The results generated provide an upper bound on the concentration of 226Ra present in a sample. |
| | The method applies to the determination of tritium as either 3HOH or 3H2O. This is because the techniques used to isolate tritium in the sample rely on the presence of tritium as part of the water molecule. If the chemical form of tritium in the sample is not known, additional techniques of chemical treatment may be required to assess the total tritium content. |
| | Template - APHL Message Palette, APHL, 2010 |
| | Template - Molecular Assay Description Form, APHL, CDC, 2011 |
| | Template – Molecular Assay Description Form, APHL, CDC, 2011 |
| | Bioterrorism Specimen Acceptance Guidelines San Luis Obispo County California James Beebe 2009 (Template) |
| | This PowerPoint presentation created by APHL is intended to demonstrate to it's audience the vital importance of Public Health Laboratories to the public. Certain slides are left blank for local input. |
| | Temples of the Future: An Historical Overview of the Laboratory’s Role in Public Health Practice, Ronald Valdiserri, CDC, 1993 |
| | This is an example of an MOU used between states for sharing of test services. It can be used in conjunction with the LEI Policy Guide for Public Health Laboratory Test Service Sharing. |
| | This document provides instructions for a uniform method of validating methods in the laboratory. It is meant to be a guideline and help the laboratory meet applicable CAP/CLIA regulatory requirements. |
| | Understand the validation process and perform appropriate validation/verification studies in accordance with CAP/CLIA requirements for both qualitative and quantitative methods including: FDA-cleared methods Non-FDA cleared methods, Methods developed in-House and FDA-cleared methods modified by the laboratory Instrument validation |
| | Standardized Protocol for Method Validation/Verification Standard Operating Procedure |
| | The Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section used Innovations Grant funding to support a three day Lean Yellow Belt training course for twenty individuals from different operational areas of the laboratory. The Yellow Belt course provided participants with a foundation and grounding in the Lean philosophies and how they integrate into a larger business improvement system (Smarter Solutions, Inc.). The goal of providing the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training was to give participants the ability to identify, diagnose, and improve specific areas in the laboratory. Once adept with LSS terms and concepts, the training attendees could act as agents of change and provide education throughout the lab. |
| | Managing change is tough, but part of the problem is that there is little agreement on what factors most influence transformation initiatives. This article from Harvard Business Review (Oct 2005) looks at change in organizations. |
| | This PowerPoint was referenced in the presentation given on the November 12, 2013 Quality Improvement Forum call on risk assessment called "Making the Change after the Risk Assessment." The speaker was Charlene Thomas from the Alabama SPHL. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed "The Ins and Outs of the Public Health Laboratory." This ready to use publication provides an overview of who we are, what we do and why we do it for the general public. It encompasses all laboratory testing, including food and environmental testing.
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| | The Laboratory as a Model Public Health Function, Jerome Cordts, ASTPHLD, 1995 |
| | The Newborn Screening Molecular Subcommittee developed a pilot initiative, the Molecular Assessment Program (MAP). MAP will involve the public health laboratory personnel working together with the NSMBB molecular quality improvement program to provide quality management guidance for molecular testing in NBS laboratories. |
| | The National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership |
| | Flyer for The National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership Consulting Services, APHL, 2008 |
| | This richly illustrated book traces the evolution of newborn screening over the last 50 years, with stories from families affected by newborn screening conditions and portraits of the health professionals who support the newborn screening system. For distribution to policy makers, health care providers, hospitals and other partners in newborn screening.
To obtain copies of this book, please contact Yadashe Belay at yadashe.belay@aphl.org. |
| | Companies are increasingly embracing lean production techniques in their efforts to improve performance. Yet the majority of these companies fail to tap the full potential of “going lean.” By comparing a sample of successful lean initiatives with less successful ones (as defined by the rate of ongoing productivity improvement), this paper identifies a critical component that
often is missing in underperforming initiatives—the ability to get large numbers of improvement ideas from front-line employees.
ASQ article - authors: - Alan G Robinson, Univ of Massachsetts, Dean M Schroeder, Valparaiso University |
| | The University Hygienic Laboratory Annual Report 2007-2008 |
| | NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 3 developed the Electronic Laboratory Employee Enrichment Toolkit, or e-LEET, designed to improve retention in public health laboratories. |
| | This document has an example of how the quality improvement tool known as a tree diagram can be used. |
| | Trends in Public Health Laboratories HDR CUH2A November 2008 |
| | Tulare County Public Health Laboratory (TCPHL) received an exciting grant, administered through the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), to implement Lean practices that improve laboratory efficiency. As part of its Lean toolkit, it selected Orchard Software’s laboratory information solutions to help streamline its processes, eliminate waste, and add value to its customers. Combining Lean concepts with a strong IT solution has achieved measurable improvements in quality and cost savings at TCPHL. |
| | UHL Lab Link Miss Iowa Article, Iowa, January 2010 |
| | This is a complete training binder for presenting a training on the proper use of urine dipsticks. It also covers gool laboratory practices and the reading and interpretation of Package Inserts. |
| | Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2012
A novel influenza A (H1N1) virus detected in April 2009 rapidly spread around the world. North American provincial and state laboratories have well-defined roles and responsibilities, including providing accurate, timely test results for patients and information for regional public health and other decision makers. We used the multidisciplinary response and rapid implementation of process changes based on Lean methods at the provincial public health laboratory in British Columbia, Canada, to improve laboratory surge capacity in the 2009 influenza pandemic. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a guide on how to use promotional items for PHLs. |
| | The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa (SHL) developed a system logic model that marries an objective context, the APHL Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) and Performance Measurement tool, with a strategic framework, the Malcolm Baldrige criteria, to create a comprehensive thought process to ensure that a thorough strategic plan is created that addresses a full range of system, programmatic and organizational objectives.
For further information, contact lorelei-kurimski@uiowa.edu. |
| | This is a one page list of the Unified State Laboratories (Utah Department of Health) Core Functions. |
| | Utah Laboratory Services Exit Interview Form 2004 |
| | Among the areas of improvement identified during Utah’s Public Health Laboratory System Assessment held in February 2007 was the absence of periodic evaluation of customer satisfaction with laboratory services (under Essential Service #9). Like many other states, Utah struggles with meeting the ever expanding services needed to support public health functions
and the diminishing resources available to provide them. As a result, much of our personnel’s time and efforts have increasingly been dedicated to addressing consecutive emergent issues, and few resources remain to commit to process improvements to address customer complaints
as regards quality and timeliness of test results.
With funding under this grant, Utah’s Unified State Laboratory took part in a 12‐week pilot program to train staff to implement Lean Six Sigma principles in laboratory operations with the aim of improving customer satisfaction. |
| | Utah MS Access Gas Tracking System Screenshot Image 1 2010 |
| | Utah MS Access Gas Tracking System Screenshot Image 2 2010 |
| | Utah’s Unified State Laboratories: Lessons Learned |
| | Value Stream Map of HETL Environmental Labs: Turnaround Time - Red Dots VSM table (case study)
D. Thomas Crosby, Augusta, ME
Presented at NCPHLL / LSS forum: Lean for PHL, February 2012
Example of activities related to Value Stream Mapping activity.
Additional information available in related document. |
| | Value Stream Map of HETL Environmental Labs: Reduction in Turnaround Time (case study)
D. Thomas Crosby, Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory, Augusta, ME
presented at NCPHLL/LSS Forum: Lean in the PHL (Feb 2012) |
| | Virology Fact Sheet, Florida Bureau of Laboratories, 2009 |
| | VPD Laboratory Enrollment Form, APHL, July 2013 |
| | This document seeks to establish diagnostic VPD Reference Laboratories to assist CDC, state and local health departments to respond to the various needs of both organizations to maintain competency, efficiency, and fiscal responsibility, while still acting in the best interest of the nation in terms of public health response in a timely and effective manner. |
| | From the brochure:
WADSWORTH CENTER
Innovative, multidisciplinary research. Complex diagnostics and novel detection methods. High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art laboratory services. All are components of the dynamic scientific community that is the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health. |
| | Feedback gathered from our L-SIP assessment identified turn-around time for testing reports as a gap. In our newborn screening program there are gaps in both turnaround time and accuracy of results because currently we print paper copies of all results, fold them, then mail them to the submitter. Feedback gathered from our L-SIP assessment identified turn-around time for testing reports as a gap. In our newborn screening program there are gaps in both turnaround time and accuracy of results because currently we print paper copies of all results, fold them, then mail them to the submitter. |
| | Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities; Update V of SW-846 - Federal Register Notice |
| | The 8 Steps of Successful Large-Scale Change [extract]
(What it Really Takes to Make Change Happen)
(Source: The Heart of Change, Harvard Business School Press; 2002) |
| | This PowerPoint was referenced in the presentation given on the November 12, 2013 Quality Improvement Forum call on risk assessment called "Making the Change after the Risk Assessment." The speaker was Charlene Thomas from the Alabama SPHL. |
| | This document lists considerations that decision makers should include in their deliberations. It is intended for use by APHL members when participating in discussions at the state level regarding Public Health Emergency Preparedness policy and funds. |
| | The paper serves as a leave-behind document that environmental health professionals can share with their State Health Official or other parties interested in learning more about biomonitoring. The document outlines the many applications of biomonitoring, including targeted public health investigations, evaluation of efficacy for public health policies, informed consumer choice and more. In addition to the information in this brief document, it includes information about other tools, such the Biomonitoring Capabilities List, the Biomonitoring Toolkit, real Examples of Biomonitoring in Public Health and many other helpful resources. This document is dynamic in that users may fill out contact information for follow up discussion or questions. |
| | As part of the public health laboratory awareness toolkit, NCPHLL's Emerging Leader Cohort 4 developed a Wikipedia template for PHLs. |
| | Preparing for your Molecular CAP Inspection “Can Be Fun!” |
| | Checklist for Selecting New Equipment/Assays |
| | Performing Quality Molecular and Emerging Technology Testing. April 23, 2014 |
| | Welcome to the “Performing Quality Molecular and Emerging Technology Testing” Workshop |
| | How to Modify an FDA Approved Test without Really Trying-- and the Consequences |
| | The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) proposed to enhance the quality of molecular and emerging technology testing in Wisconsin clinical laboratories that perform microbiology testing by sponsoring a one day workshop for Wisconsin clinical and public health laboratories. |
| | Microbiology of Today and Tomorrow, How Changes in Technology will Impact the Care We Deliver |
| | Molecular Diagnostics Platforms table |
| | Performing Quality Molecular and Emerging Technology Testing Workshop presentation |
| | Speed is Safety – And You Can Save Money Too! Rapid Identification of Positive Blood Cultures |
| | PP slides for B. Fox's AST Training Presentation Wisconsin 2012 |
| | Using CLSI M45-A2 for AST of Infrequently-isolated Organisms
Erik Munson's AST Training Presentation 2012 |
| | Division of Public Health CRE Surveillance and Prevention of Transmission in Healthcare Settings
G. Borlaug's Wisconsin AST Training presentation 2012 |
| | Validation, Vertification and Quality Control |
| | Agenda |
| | Performing Quality Molecular and Emerging Technology Testing Workshop presentation |
| | Wisconsin CLIA 2014 project meeting agenda for Performing Quality Molecular and Emergiing Technology Testing A Workshop for Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Professionals |
| | Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Response to 2009 Influenza Pandemic, September 11, 2009 |
| | This WordPress user's guide is guidance material for the L-SIP Web Communicator. Milne and Associates first presented it on January 26, 2010 for the quality improvement technical assistance call. |
| | Podcast of Michigan partners discussing the value of the work performed in the Public Health Laboratory System |
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