- Feature #1 - CASPIR
- Feature #2 - Senate Report
- Feature #3 - CDC's Technology Transfer
Our Mission: Provide leadership, advocacy and cross-cutting services to continuously strengthen the quality of laboratory science, policy and practice at CDC, in the U.S. and globally.
Our Vision:Quality Laboratories, Healthier People.
About Us | A-Z
NEW Report on CDC’s Internal Laboratory Activities
CDC recently completed a report to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations that describes many of the activities CDC laboratory scientists conduct (using FY 2011 as the reporting period) and the impact these activities have on health.
Focus Areas
CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
COMPLIANCE
Oversight for the CDC’s SAT-registered laboratories…
GENETIC TESTING QUALITY PRACTICES
Assuring accurate and reliable genetic testing…
LABORATORY INFORMATICS
Information science and information technology…
LABORATORY MEDICINE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Defining best laboratory practices through evidence and decision support…
QUALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTING
Ensuring performance with recommended practices…
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Provide access to CDC inventions and discoveries for public health…
SPECIMEN REPOSITORY
Safeguards valuable biological samples collected from agency studies…
TRAINING
Delivery of high-quality, cost-effective training in multiple formats…
Strategic Goals
Foster continuous quality improvement in laboratory science, policy and practice
Develop and prepare the laboratory workforce to meet critical health needs
Safeguard and promote scientific research and biological resources to protect health-
Connect and convene communities of practice to address important cross-cutting laboratory science, policy and practice issues 
Champion recognition of laboratories’ essential role in advancing the public’s health
Helpful Links
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Office of Global Health (CDC)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Contact Us:
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Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
1600 Clifton Road
Mailstop E-94
Atlanta, GA 30333, USA - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
24 Hours/Every Day - OSELS@cdc.gov
