Transcript Laboratory Information Management System, LRN & Surveillance Enhancing Seasonal Influenza Surveillance Austin, Texas Todd Lasco Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section.

Laboratory Information Management
System, LRN & Surveillance
Enhancing Seasonal Influenza
Surveillance
Austin, Texas
Todd Lasco
Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Services Section
LIMS - Current Status
 Today - “Go-Live” Virology, Mycobacteriology
and Consumer Microbiology Laboratory use at
the Austin & South Texas Laboratories
 Cohort >> LabWare LIMS
 User roles via Citrix > those external to DSHS
1) Epidemiologist
2) Submitter
DSHS Lab Contact
Liz Delamater, Ph.D.
Manager, Microbiological Sciences Branch
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
512-458-7592 (office)
[email protected]
Laboratory Response Network
 Established in response to Presidential
Decision Directive 39
 Founding partners: Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Association
of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
 Operational in August 1999
LRN Mission
 Provide infrastructure to increase
laboratory capacity
 Respond to biological and chemical threat
agents and other public health
emergencies
 150+ state and local public health, federal,
military, food testing, veterinary,
environmental, and international
laboratories
LRN Structure
Definitive characterization of the
most deadly infectious agents
Confirmatory testing for most
select agents
Rule-out testing and
referral of specimens
Where We Started: 1999
 6 Laboratories
 1 Level C
 5 Level B
 1 Dedicated technician/lab
 2 Real-time PCR machines
 Austin & San Antonio
Texas LRN Locations
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Ft. Worth
El Paso
Dallas
Tyler
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
Houston
Corpus Christi
Harlingen
Texas LRN Laboratories
• 11 Laboratories
– 10 Confirmatory laboratories each w/ BSL-3
facilities
– 1 BSL-2 laboratory capable of confirming B.
anthracis and Y. pestis only
– Laredo 2009
• Real-time PCR and Time-Resolved Fluorescence
(TRF) platforms in each confirmatory laboratory (10)
Texas LRN Influenza Testing
• Avian H5 primer/probe sets – LRN
• Flu A, Flu B, H1, H3, H7 primer/probe
sequences - APHL
• Houston, Tarrant County & Dallas LRNs
Pilot
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Establish greater connectivity between our
sentinel labs and our regional LRNs
Insert our regional LRNs into the loop of
testing/routing samples here to DSHS for
viral isolation such that that particular LRN
or LRNs can provide a quicker TAT and
feedback to the submitter through PCR
testing at their site
Test Labware LIMS functionalities
Texas LRN Contacts
Name
Phone Number
24/7 Phone
Number
Austin
Rahsaan Drumgoole
Grace Kubin
David Klein
512-458-7185
512-458-7552
512-458-7111x3486
512-689-5537
512-634-6727
512-689-9945
Corpus Christi
Donna Rosson
Sandra Heatherly
361-826-1323
361-851-7214
361-533-3500
361-533-3499
Dallas County
Joey Stringer
Edward Bannister
972-692-2762
214-819-1952
972-342-5605
214-677-7876
El Paso
VACANT
915-543-3255
915-252-0376
Fort Worth/
Tarrant County
Rebecca McMath
817-321-4755
817-929-4720
Harlingen/
South Texas
Kristina Zamora
956-364-8369
956-454-4387
Houston
Jane O’Brien
713-558-3490
713-376-0484
Lubbock
Kim Swacina
Michael Lipton
806-775-2908
806-775-3087
806-252-3943
806-392-5125
San Antonio
Patricia Blevins
210-207-5883
210-854-2594
Tyler/PHLET
Irene Krumins
903-877-5056
903-312-3537
Wichita Falls
Jo Harp
940-761-7873
940-761-7800
LRN
Contact Information
Todd Lasco
Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Services Section MC 1947
P.O. Box 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347
Ph: 512.458.7111 (x3535)
Fx: 512.458.7431
[email protected]
Questions?