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ASM Represented at CDC/APHL Meeting on TB Testing Survey Print E-mail

On 10-11 December, Yvette Mc- Carter represented ASM at a meeting organized by the Association of Public Health Laboratories and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of TB Elimination (DTBE) regarding tuberculosis (TB) testing in the United States.  The purpose of the meeting, which occurred at APHL's headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., was to review and discuss a comprehensive survey instrument designed by APHL and DTBE to assess the availability of TB laboratory services in the United States. The survey will be distributed to public health, clinical, and commercial laboratories with the primary goal of identifying gaps in the TB testing capabilities and capacities of U.S. diagnostic laboratories.