Laboratory Information Management System, LRN & Surveillance Enhancing Seasonal Influenza Surveillance Austin, Texas Todd Lasco Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section
LIMS - Current Status Today - “Go-Live” Virology, Mycobacteriology and Consumer Microbiology Laboratory use at the Austin & South Texas Laboratories Cohort >> LabWare LIMS User roles via Citrix > those external to DSHS 1) Epidemiologist 2) Submitter
DSHS Lab Contact Liz Delamater, Ph.D. Manager, Microbiological Sciences Branch Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 512-458-7592 (office) Elizabeth.Delamater@dshs.state.tx.us
Laboratory Response Network Established in response to Presidential Decision Directive 39 Founding partners: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Operational in August 1999 PDD 39 issued in 1995 outlined national anti-terrorism policies; in addition, this directive provided the basis for improving the laboratory’s ability to detect and respond to acts of terrorism.
LRN Mission Provide infrastructure to increase laboratory capacity Respond to biological and chemical threat agents and other public health emergencies 150+ state and local public health, federal, military, food testing, veterinary, environmental, and international laboratories
LRN Structure Definitive characterization of the most deadly infectious agents Confirmatory testing for most select agents Rule-out testing and referral of specimens
Where We Started: 1999 6 Laboratories 1 Level C 5 Level B 1 Dedicated technician/lab 2 Real-time PCR machines Austin & San Antonio
Texas LRN Locations Wichita Falls Lubbock Ft. Worth Dallas El Paso San Antonio Houston Austin Tyler Dallas Corpus Christi Harlingen Laredo Ft. Worth Wichita Falls Lubbock
Texas LRN Laboratories 10 Confirmatory laboratories each w/ BSL-3 facilities 1 BSL-2 laboratory capable of confirming B. anthracis and Y. pestis only Laredo 2009 Real-time PCR and Time-Resolved Fluorescence (TRF) platforms in each confirmatory laboratory (10)
Texas LRN Influenza Testing Avian H5 primer/probe sets – LRN Flu A, Flu B, H1, H3, H7 primer/probe sequences - APHL Houston, Tarrant County & Dallas LRNs
Pilot Establish greater connectivity between our sentinel labs and our regional LRNs Insert our regional LRNs into the loop of testing/routing samples here to DSHS for viral isolation such that that particular LRN or LRNs can provide a quicker TAT and feedback to the submitter through PCR testing at their site Test Labware LIMS functionalities
Texas LRN Contacts LRN Name Phone Number 24/7 Phone Number Austin Rahsaan Drumgoole Grace Kubin David Klein 512-458-7185 512-458-7552 512-458-7111x3486 512-689-5537 512-634-6727 512-689-9945 Corpus Christi Donna Rosson Sandra Heatherly 361-826-1323 361-851-7214 361-533-3500 361-533-3499 Dallas County Joey Stringer Edward Bannister 972-692-2762 214-819-1952 972-342-5605 214-677-7876 El Paso VACANT 915-543-3255 915-252-0376 Fort Worth/ Tarrant County Rebecca McMath 817-321-4755 817-929-4720 Harlingen/ South Texas Kristina Zamora 956-364-8369 956-454-4387 Houston Jane O’Brien 713-558-3490 713-376-0484 Lubbock Kim Swacina Michael Lipton 806-775-2908 806-775-3087 806-252-3943 806-392-5125 San Antonio Patricia Blevins 210-207-5883 210-854-2594 Tyler/PHLET Irene Krumins 903-877-5056 903-312-3537 Wichita Falls Jo Harp 940-761-7873 940-761-7800
Texas Department of State Health Services Contact Information Todd Lasco Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section MC 1947 P.O. Box 149347 Austin, TX 78714-9347 Ph: 512.458.7111 (x3535) Fx: 512.458.7431 Todd.Lasco@dshs.state.tx.us
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