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- CAP Engages in CDC Meeting to Improve Laboratory Preparedness for Future Pandemics
On March 20-21, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted a meeting on laboratory preparedness for future pandemics. The CDC sought the perspectives from the CAP organization in the laboratory and public health sector to guide the design of a National Laboratory Response System to improve the nation’s response to future pandemics. CAP CEO Michael Fraser, PhD, MS, CAE, FCPP represented the CAP at the meeting.
Organizations like the CAP can play a key role in supporting members through these events, but also work to ensure a “warm state” of preparedness so that when a pandemic hits, testing capacity can surge faster and more efficiently. Dr. Fraser also noted that developing a National Laboratory Response System will require “continued advocacy efforts and systems building amongst the entire lab community, and the CAP stands ready to advance the role pathologists and community laboratories in pandemic preparedness.”