Strengthening Georgia’s public health response to infectious disease threats

BACKGROUND

Laboratory networks, such as the CDC's Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network, strengthen laboratory systems by collecting data and sharing best practices, insights, and solutions to shared problems.

Medical and community responses to pathogen outbreaks are regional in nature, which necessitates emergency coordination at the local and state levels. The Georgia Laboratory Network connects labs to enable a cohesive response.

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The purpose of the Georgia Laboratory Network is to provide a channel for real time communication and data exchange to support clinical laboratories.

The network facilitates public health emergency preparedness and surveillance programs with enhanced detection, characterization, and monitoring of infectious threats in Georgia.

WHO WE ARE

The Georgia Laboratory Network is a collaborative and diverse group of laboratory professionals that perform routine assays of human specimens for the presence of microbial agents in CLIA-certified laboratories across Georgia. The network is funded by the CDC Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence.

Members share similar goals to improve inter-laboratory communication and leverage capacities following challenges experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MEMBERSHIP

New members complete the form on this webpage to be connected with network activities. There is no cost to membership. Members must maintain CLIA certification and points of contact to remain in the network.

The Georgia Laboratory Network provides a hub for communication which is currently under development. Surveys will be sent out to members to ascertain priorities as well as capabilities and capacities for emergency operations.