Biological Preparedness

Oregon Sentinel LRN - Biological Preparedness

Potential Biothreat Agents

• Sentinel Lab Guidelines
  American Society for Microbiology identification methods for sentinel labs. These are the "gold standard" guidelines and flowcharts for identifying BT organisms. All Oregon clinical microbiology labs should keep updated copies of the guidelines in their BT notebooks.
• BT Readiness Plan (pdf)
  ASM template for sentinel lab Bioterrorism Readiness Plan
• CDC List of Potential Biological Agents
  Listed by category
  
• CDC Clinical Specimen Selection Table
  For suspected select agents

Emergency Preparedness

• CDC Website
  Emergency response for public health events
• CDC Lab Issues Website
  Covers agent identification, packaging and shipping, biosafety, select agents, training, and the National LRN
• Oregon Preparedness Surveillance and Epidemiology Team
  Epidemiology preparedness for Oregon
• Health Security, Preparedness and Response Program
  Supports local hospitals, healthcare systems, and communities in helping them prepare for emergency events where a medical surge may be involved

Packaging and Shipping

• Urgent Transport of Specimens to OSPHL Algorithm (pdf)
• Non-courier Shipping and Transport of specimens to Oregon Public Health Lab
  Shipping by private carrier
• Oregon State Public Health Lab Courier Service
  Guide to courier service
• County Health Departments: Refrigerated Infectious Substances Shipper Instructions (pdf)
• Sentinel Labs: Refrigerated Infectious Substances Shipper Instructions (pdf)

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