FBI Chain of Custody for the Laboratory Response Network

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FBI Chain of Custody for the Laboratory Response
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• History is a set of lies agreed upon.
• Napoleon Bonaparte

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Inspiration
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What is APHL?

• A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
• Almost 800 members from
• State and local public health laboratories
• State environmental and agricultural laboratories
  
• Federal agencies
• Academic institutions
• Advocates at the national level for critical
  laboratory issues and for increased support and
  resources for member laboratories
• Provides training and best practices for public
  health laboratory testing and policy

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VisionA healthier world throughquality
laboratory practice.
APHL Broad Picture

• MissionTo promote the role of public health
  laboratories in shaping national and global
  health objectives, and to promote policies,
  programs, and technologies which assure
  continuous improvement in the quality of
  laboratory practice and health outcomes.

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Committees/Subcommittees
APHL Board of Directors (BOD)
PHPR Committee

• Task Forces
• Testing Algorithm for Unknown Environmental
  Samples Task Force
• LRN National Meeting Planning Committee
• Emergency Management Taskforce

• Working Groups
• LRN Joint Leadership Committee
• LRN Partners Workgroup

• Subcommittees
• LRN Operational Workgroup
• Laboratory Preparedness Exercise Workgroup
• Preparedness Guidance and Performance Measures
  Subcommittee
• First Responder Partnerships and Outreach
  Subcommittee

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Key Preparedness Partners

• Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Disease Control Prevention
• Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections
  (DPEI)
• Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
  (OPHPR)
• Food and Drug Administration
• Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
  (ASPR)
• Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Hazardous Materials Science Response Unit (HMSRU)
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear
  Sciences Unit (CBRNSU)
• Hazardous Materials Response Technical Unit
• Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD)
• Department of Homeland Security
• Office of Health Affairs
• Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense
  Office/Early Detection
• Science and Technology Directorate
• Department of Defense
• United States Department of Agriculture

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PHPR Committee Priorities

• Participate in the Refinement and Development of
  Public Health Preparedness Guidance Documents and
  Performance Measures
• Enhance and Maintain Sentinel Clinical Laboratory
  Partnerships and Outreach
• Provide Technical Expertise to Enhance Laboratory
  Practice, Preparedness and Response
• Develop and Promote Tools to Enhance Laboratory
  Preparedness, Planning and Response

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Priorities Continued

• Expand First Responder Partnerships and Outreach
• Respond to and Help Shape Active and Proposed
  Legislation of Significance to Public Health
  Preparedness

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LRN Partners Working Group

• Scientific Organizations
• American Society of Microbiology
• American Association of Veterinary Laboratory
  Diagnosticians
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Disease Control Prevention
• Food and Drug Administration
• Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Defense
• Environmental Protection Agency
• United States Army Medical Research Institute of
  Infectious Diseases
• United States Department of Agriculture
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Agriculture
• Environmental
• Food Emergency Response Network
• Environmental Laboratory Response Network

• A forum for partners to discuss operational items
  across multiple laboratory networks.

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Joint Leadership Committee

• Composed of the original LRN founding partners
• APHL
• CDC
• FBI
• The LRN Joint Leadership Committee (JLC) was
  established in 2005 to discuss key planning and
  policy issues surrounding the LRN.  This body
  provides input and guidance to LRN leadership on
  operational and policy issues.

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FBI Chain of Custody for the Laboratory Response
Network