What to know
The ECHO Biosafety Program addresses challenges in clinical and public health laboratories through the development of a community of practice (CoP). This page contains the ECHO Biosafety session materials from 2023.
Background
This project is an adaptation of the clinician-based ECHO Model™, developed by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. The ECHO Model™ invites peers to engage in a virtual environment on a frequent, regular basis where they share support, guidance, and feedback. The goal of this project is to use the ECHO Model to improve biosafety in clinical and public health laboratories by increasing the knowledge and skills of the biosafety CoP members to address previously identified biosafety gaps. The objectives of this project are to:
- Discuss biosafety challenges among clinical and public health laboratory professionals
- Foster collaborations and sharing of laboratory biosafety expertise
- Promote the application of best biosafety practices and advance the culture and practice of laboratory safety
The ECHO Biosafety sessions are 60-90 minutes each and occur every month. The CoP members convening at the sessions will share best practices, tools, and resources to address biosafety gaps in clinical and public health laboratories.
For questions, contact DLSbiosafety@cdc.gov.
2023 ECHO Biosafety Sessions
Month
Area of Discussion
Speakers
January 31
Anthony Tran, DrPH, MPH, D(ABMM)
California Department of Public Health
February 28
Crystal Fortune, MPH, MLS (ASCP)CM RBP (ABSA)
Montana Laboratory Services Bureau
March 22
Safely Implementing New Diagnostics Platforms Commonly Used in Clinical Laboratories
Christina Egan, PhD
Michael J. Perry, MS, MS Ed.
New York State Department of Health
April 25
Shawn G. Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH
School of Public Health, Texas A&M University
Aurora Le, PhD, MPH, CPH, CSP
School of Public Health, University of Michigan
May 30
Peter C. Iwen, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM)
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory University Nebraska Medical Center
June 27
Sheldon Campbell, MD, PhD
David Peaper, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
July 18
John Laurance
Alaska State Public Health Laboratories
August 29
Joey Stringer
Kayle Cirrincione
Dallas County Health and Human Services
September 26
Nikki Parrish, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
October 31
Jill J. Power, MS, M(ASCP), CMQ/OE(ASQ)
New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories
November 28
Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM)
State Hygienic Laboratory,University of Iowa