scholarly journals Australia 2001 and the white powders: the Queensland experience

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
John Bates
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
The Public ◽  
Laboratory Network

Starting in Canberra and spreading rapidly around the country from 12 October 2001 onwards, the laboratories of the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) were placed on high alert as the nation responded to a heightened fear of anthrax mail attacks. This manifested itself in an incredible array of samples being submitted to laboratories for analysis and detection of possible anthrax contamination. Laboratory staff were placed under high stress in the performance of this work.

Public Health Laboratory Network

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
John R Bates
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Inaugural Meeting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Laboratory Network ◽  
Outbreak Investigations ◽  
First Time

The Public Health Laboratory Network had its inaugural meeting on 26 June 1997. The meeting was chaired by Professor Lyn Gilbert who played a pivotal role in establishing this group. This was the first time that all the state and territory public health laboratory directors had been called to meet together. Members expressed a strong desire to communicate more closely on issues of public health importance and recognised the importance of promoting the role of public health laboratories in outbreak investigations and routine and enhanced surveillance.

Annual frequency and distribution of tuberculosis resistance in the public health laboratory network of Pará State, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Maria Luiza Lopes ◽  
Emilyn Costa Conceição ◽  
Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães ◽  
Ana Roberta Fusco da Costa ◽  
Karla Valéria Batista Lima
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Laboratory Network ◽  
Annual Frequency

scholarly journals Bioterrorism preparedness and the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
David W Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Real Possibility ◽  
The Public ◽  
Laboratory Capacity ◽  
Laboratory Network ◽  
Real Risk ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa

The anthrax events that occurred in the USA in 2001 demonstrated that bioterrorism remains a real possibility in the modern world. Although Australia was spared the genuine anthrax events, we did experience many hoax events and massive disruption. Biological agents can cause terror not only by the real risk when one is released, but also by the social and economic disruption resulting from credible threats. Laboratory capacity is fundamental to the bioterrorist response and members of the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) had a major role in the Australian white powder incidents.

scholarly journals Salmonella Enteritidis in England and Wales: increases in unusual phage types in 2002

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (45) ◽  
Author(s):  
S O’Brien ◽  
L Ward
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Salmonella Enteritidis ◽  
Phage Type ◽  
Enteric Pathogens ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Phage Types

Although Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 4, responsible for the major epidemic during the late 1980s and early 1990s (1), has continued to decline, there have been increases in a number of the more unusual phage types of S. Enteritidis (2). Isolates of S. Enteritidis PT 3, 6a, 13a and 14b and 21 confirmed by the Public Health Laboratory Service Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens (PHLS LEP) in England have all increased during 2002 (table 1) (3).

THE FUTURE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE

The Lancet ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 271 (7024) ◽  
pp. 799
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future

THE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE

1951 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. WILSON
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public
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