NHSPI_measure_metadata: 23

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rowid	obsid	index	item_code	domain_code	domain_name	domain_description	subdomain_code	subdomain_name	subdomain_description	subdomain_long_desc	measure_name	measure_description	measure_rationale	data_source	verbose_data_source	data_dates	limitations
23	30.0	Index	1.2.15	1.0	HSS	Health Security Surveillance	2.0	BMLT	Biological Monitoring & Laboratory Testing	The ability of agencies to conduct rapid and accurate laboratory tests to identify biological, chemical, and radiological agents to address actual or potential exposure to all hazards, focusing on testing human and animal clinical specimens. Support functions include discovery through: active and passive surveillance (both pre- and post-event), characterization, confirmatory testing data, reporting investigative support, ongoing situational awareness. Laboratory quality systems are maintained through external quality assurance and proficiency testing.	M2	Percent of Laboratory Response Network biological (LRN-B) proficiency tests successfully passed by Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement-funded laboratories	Recognition of a health emergency requires accurate and timely laboratory testing of a variety of samples in order to detect potential diseases or exposures. The measure focuses on the ability of lab to detect and identify biological threat agents in an exercise or test scenario.	CDC Snapshot	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness	2011—2016	Laboratories may not undergo proficiency testing for all assay capabilities. Selected responses from the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 survey have been corrected for Louisana and therefore no longer correspond to the originally published survey results.