Bacillus anthracis

This course is part of the Biothreat Preparedness Training Sentinel Laboratories Series.

Description

This course provides clinical laboratory scientists with information about the laboratory identification of anthrax. This training assists clinical laboratory scientists in recognizing potential agents of bioterrorism that they may encounter during routine laboratory work-ups of sputum, blood and aspirate/biopsy specimens. Laboratory managers may consider using this course to:

Assess staff competency in performing relevant laboratory procedures accurately, and
Determine whether staff are referring specimens for confirmation tests correctly

Objectives

Upon completion of this eLearning, you should be able to:

Describe laboratory tests for presumptive identification of B. anthracis
Describe how to use the sentinel laboratory protocols to rule out or refer specimens
Discuss the role of the LRN sentinel laboratory in detection of B. anthracis

Continuing Education (CE)

This course is being revised, so P.A.C.E.^® credits are not offered at this time. You may receive a course completion certificate without P.A.C.E.^® credits. The revised course will offer P.A.C.E.^® credits.