Laboratory Information Management System, LRN &
Surveillance
Todd Lasco
Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Services Section
Enhancing Seasonal Influenza Surveillance
Austin, Texas
LIMS - Current Status
Today - “Go-Live” Virology, Mycobacteriology and Consumer Microbiology Laboratory use at the Austin & South Texas Laboratories
Cohort >> LabWare LIMS User roles via Citrix > those external to DSHS
1) Epidemiologist
2) Submitter
DSHS Lab Contact
Liz Delamater, Ph.D. Manager, Microbiological Sciences Branch Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756
512-458-7592 (office)
Laboratory Response Network Established in response to Presidential
Decision Directive 39
Founding partners: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Operational in August 1999
LRN Mission Provide infrastructure to increase
laboratory capacity
Respond to biological and chemical threat agents and other public health emergencies
150+ state and local public health, federal, military, food testing, veterinary, environmental, and international laboratories
Rule-out testing and referral of specimens
Confirmatory testing for most select agents
Definitive characterization of the most deadly infectious agents
LRN Structure
Where We Started: 1999
6 Laboratories 1 Level C 5 Level B
1 Dedicated technician/lab 2 Real-time PCR machines
Austin & San Antonio
El Paso
San AntonioHouston
Austin
TylerDallas
Corpus Christi
Harlingen
Laredo
Ft. Worth
Wichita FallsLubbock
Texas LRN Locations
• 11 Laboratories – 10 Confirmatory laboratories each w/ BSL-3
facilities– 1 BSL-2 laboratory capable of confirming B.
anthracis and Y. pestis only– Laredo 2009
• Real-time PCR and Time-Resolved Fluorescence (TRF) platforms in each confirmatory laboratory (10)
Texas LRN Laboratories
• Avian H5 primer/probe sets – LRN
• Flu A, Flu B, H1, H3, H7 primer/probe sequences - APHL
• Houston, Tarrant County & Dallas LRNs
Texas LRN Influenza Testing
• Establish greater connectivity between our sentinel labs and our regional LRNs
• Insert our regional LRNs into the loop of testing/routing samples here to DSHS for viral isolation such that that particular LRN or LRNs can provide a quicker TAT and feedback to the submitter through PCR testing at their site
• Test Labware LIMS functionalities
Pilot
Texas LRN ContactsLRN Name Phone Number
24/7 Phone Number
Austin Rahsaan Drumgoole
Grace Kubin
David Klein
512-458-7185
512-458-7552
512-458-7111x3486
512-689-5537
512-634-6727512-689-9945
Corpus Christi Donna Rosson
Sandra Heatherly
361-826-1323
361-851-7214
361-533-3500
361-533-3499
Dallas County Joey Stringer
Edward Bannister
972-692-2762
214-819-1952
972-342-5605
214-677-7876
El Paso VACANT 915-543-3255 915-252-0376
Fort Worth/
Tarrant County
Rebecca McMath817-321-4755 817-929-4720
Harlingen/
South Texas
Kristina Zamora956-364-8369 956-454-4387
Houston Jane O’Brien 713-558-3490 713-376-0484
Lubbock Kim Swacina
Michael Lipton
806-775-2908
806-775-3087
806-252-3943
806-392-5125
San Antonio Patricia Blevins 210-207-5883 210-854-2594
Tyler/PHLET Irene Krumins 903-877-5056 903-312-3537
Wichita Falls Jo Harp 940-761-7873 940-761-7800
Contact Information
Todd Lasco
Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Services Section MC 1947P.O. Box 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347Ph: 512.458.7111 (x3535)
Fx: 512.458.7431
Questions?