Sentinel Laboratory Training

The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories offers statewide training sessions for all potential Sentinel Lab members of the CDC Laboratory Response Network (LRN). The direct contact with Sentinel laboratories initiated at this training is meant to begin a statewide network of laboratorians.

This program is designed for the microbiologist. It will provide an overview of the Sentinel clinical laboratory's role in the presumptive identification of primary agents of bioterrorism. The training will consist of half day sessions and will include PowerPoint presentations by the Bureau of Public Health Laboratories staff with descriptions of the LRN and Sentinel laboratory procedures and responsibilities. Each session will be a live PowerPoint awareness level training class covering the following topics:

	The Laboratory Response Network
	Laboratory Identification of Critical Biological Agents (Part 1)
	Laboratory Identification of Critical Biological Agents ( Part 2)
	Role of the Sentinel Laboratory in Pandemic Influenza
	Brief introduction to packaging and shipping
	CDC Select Agent Program
	CAP LPX

Contact Information

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

If you are interested in your personnel attending this class, please contact Betty Wheeler by phone at 904-791-1568 or E-mail us to schedule a class.

This page last was last updated: 02/08/13