CDC's Amaging Labs A Few Milestones in CDC Laboratory Science (1946-1996) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940's 1950's 1946 Communicable Disease 1950 Grady Memorial Center Laboratories Hospital CDC Clinical Established at Chamblee Pathology Laboratories Established 1947 Bureaus of Laboratory 1955 Flourescent Antibody (Parasitology, Virology, Test Developed and Bacteriology) Speeding Diagnosis of Epidemiology and Training Infectious Disease Established 1957 Cholesterol Standardization Program Begins 1960's 1970's 1960 CDC Clifton Road 1973 NIOSH Research Laboratories Open Laboratories Established 1961 National Laboratory 1976 Causative Organism Improvement Program to for Legionnaires Standardize Diagnostic Disease Isolated Tests 1966 Rapid Method for Diagnosis Ebola Virus of Smallpox Identified as Cause of Hemorrhagic Fever 1968 PKU Standardization 1977 Fibrous Aerosol Program Initiated Monitor Developed 1969 Clinical Laboratory 1978 Hematofluorometer Licensure Program under Improves Screening CLIA '67 for Childhood Lead Poisoning Monoclonal Antibody Test Expanded Maximum for Lassa Virus Developed Containment Laboratory 1980's 1990's 1980 Monoclonal Antibody Panel 1990 HIV Strain Testing for Rabies Viruses Points to Developed Transmission to Patient during Dental Procedures Award for Design of 1991 CDC Receives Lead Aerodynamic Particle Sizer Responsibility for PHS for CLIA '88 1981 Staphylococcus aureus 1992 CDC Recommends Use of Probable Cause of Toxic Folic Acid to Reduce Shock Syndrome Neural Tube Defects 1982 Foodborne E. coli O157:H7 Method for Cotinine Linked to Hemorrhagic Analysis, which Colitis Indicates Amount of Smoke Exposure 1983 AIDS Antibody Tests Serologic Test for Developed Cat-Scratch Disease Developed Correlation between Use of First Biotechnology Leaded Gasoline and Blood Patent Awarded to CDC Lead Levels Scientist 1985 Increased Awareness of 1993 Hanta Virus Multidrug-Resistant Identified as Cause Bacteria for Pulmonary Syndrome 1986 New Method to Assess Determines DNA Exposure to Environmental Sequence for Smallpox Toxicants Virus Genome Strain 1988 Public Health Laboratory Outbreak of Illness Information System Traced to Launched Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water Third National Health and 1994 Method to Determine Nutrition Examination Fiber Length Survey Launched Developed for Use in Lung Disease Research New BSL-4 Laboratory Effect on Opened Reproductive Hormones Found in Workers Exposed to Dioxin 1989 National Laboratory 1995 NLTN Sponsors 215 Training Network Training Courses Established Reaching over 10,000 Participants Identification of Agent Test Developed for causing Non-A, Non-B Rapid Diagnosis of Hepatitis Ebola Virus New Diagnostic Technique 1996 PCR Assay for Malaria for Filoviruses Causing Developed Hemorrhagic Fevers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created April 30, 1996