Memorandum Report: Laboratory Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza   [open pdf - 150KB]

"This memorandum report provides information on laboratory pandemic influenza preparedness as requested in April 2007 by officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Office of Inspector General (GIG) surveyed State public health laboratory officials in June 2007 about the extent to which they conducted the eight critical tasks for public health laboratory testing as required by the Pandemic Influenza Guidance Supplement to the 2006 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, Phase II (the Guidance)."