5 Questions
What is the primary role of public health labs?
To provide laboratory testing for disease prevention and control
What is an example of a disease that public health labs can detect?
Legionella
What is one way that public health labs support public health surveillance?
Following nationally notifiable disease-reporting systems
What is one event that public health labs have been involved in over the last 50 years?
The emergence of MRSA
What is the main purpose of public health labs?
To provide laboratory testing
Study Notes
- Public health labs play a vital role in disease prevention, control, and surveillance by conducting laboratory testing to confirm preliminary diagnoses and early detection of clusters of infections.
- Public health labs also support local and national surveillance system efforts in accordance with nationally notifiable disease-reporting systems and state-specific disease reporting requirements.
- Public health labs play a role in ending emergency response by providing information on disease threats and outbreaks.
- There have been a number of significant outbreaks and other events over the last 50 years, some of which were covered on mainstream news outlets.
- Some of these events have carried on, while others have emerged and re-emerged over the years.
- Some of the key facts from the text include the detection of new or emerging diseases, such as Legionella, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Norwalk virus.
Test your knowledge about the role of public health labs in disease prevention, control, and surveillance, including their support for local and national surveillance systems and emergency response efforts. This quiz also covers key facts about significant outbreaks and emerging diseases.
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