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Overview<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) Program provides epidemiology, laboratory, and health information systems capacity building support to state, large local, and U.S. territory and affiliate health departments through a cooperative agreement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These stories highlight successes from frontline health departments as they work to monitor, prevent, and respond to infectious diseases and outbreaks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn more about CDC\u2019s ELC Program: <\/span><a 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href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_MN-Data-Lake.pdf\">Swimming in the data: Utilizing a data lake for eCR data quality in Minnesota<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Modernizing-data-systems_final.pdf\">Modernizing data systems in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Tracking-COVID-19-during-pregnancy_final.pdf\">Tracking COVID-19 during pregnancy in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NC-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Foodbox.pdf\">North Carolina combines case report data, texting to connect people with food box delivery program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ND-ELC-Partner-and-Inno-automation.pdf\">North Dakota increased automation and use of public health data through process enhancements and partnerships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 613.6px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SD_Innovation_Geocoding-and-AI.pdf\"><span>South Dakota Department of Health&#8217;s enhanced geocoding processes improved infectious disease surveillance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NJ-ELC-Interop-IIS-and-communicable-disease-surveillance-system-integration.pdf\">System integration of New Jersey immunization information and communicable disease surveillance systems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NYC-LIS-and-ELR-lab-drop-off-detection_FINAL.pdf\">The New York City Health Department successfully detected and investigated a cluster of salmonellosis using a wide array of cluster detection tools.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_The-past-does-not-predict-the-future_final.pdf\">The past does not predict the future, but it can inform it<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/OK-ELC-ELRLIS-ELR-data-quality.pdf\">COVID-19 electronic reporting and data quality in Oklahoma<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_OR-Workforce.pdf\">Oregon builds a use case for informatics workforce<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 72px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA-ELC-SyS-MISC-2.pdf\">Novel use of inpatient syndromic surveillance data to enhance case finding efforts for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PA-ELC-ELRLIS-Lab-mobilization.pdf\">Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories mobilization of resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_PA-SyS-Tripledemic.pdf\">Tracking the \u201cTripledemic\u201d in Pennsylvania with syndromic surveillance data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Enterprise-Salesforce-Surveillance.pdf\">Development and use of Salesforce as a COVID-19 surveillance system<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-NNDSS-autocluster-detection.pdf\">Development and use of Salesforce for auto-cluster detection<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-NNDSS-Result-look-up.pdf\">Development and use of Salesforce for result look up and COVID-19 survey to complete own interview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Spatiotemporal-analytics.pdf\">Development and use of spatiotemporal analytics to guide dynamic COVID-19 response activities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Travelers.pdf\">Monitoring travelers\u2019 health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Dashboards.pdf\">Novel approaches to analytics using dashboards<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Interop-IDL.pdf\">Rhode Island utilizes novel approaches to analytics including automated data processing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SC-ELC-LISELR-Assay-Development.pdf\">Assay development improvements at the South Carolina Public Health Laboratory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_SC-Interop-Holistic-approach.pdf\">Seeing the forest past the trees: a holistic approach to utilizing whole-genome sequencing analyses for cluster detection and outbreak response<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TX-ELC-NNDSS-Cross-cutting.pdf\">Cross-cutting emerging issues: COVID-19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX-ELC-LISELR-efaxing-2.pdf\">Electronic faxing (eFaxing) in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_TX-NNDSS-NIFI.pdf\">NEDSS Interoperability and Functional Improvements (NIFI) project<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_TX-ELC-eCR.pdf\">Texas implements electronic case reporting (eCR)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX-ELC-Enterprise-SHARP.pdf\">Texas State Health Analytics and Reporting Platform (SHARP)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TX-ELC-ECR-Closed-cases.pdf\">Texas upload of closed cases<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX-ELC-Workforce-bioinformatics-team-2.pdf\">Using funding from Data Modernization and Enhancing Detection Expansion, the Texas DSHS built a bioinformatics team<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VT-ELC-NNDSS-outbreak-mgmt-tool.pdf\">Vermont develops outbreak management tool<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WA-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-K12.pdf\">Coordinating COVID-19 outbreak prevention and response in K-12 schools with a setting specific epidemiologist in Washington State<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_WA-Verify-and-Notify.pdf\">The WA HEALTH team helped folks locate COVID-19 vaccines online through Vaccinate WA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_WA-Verify-and-Notify.pdf\">Washington public health tackles disease surveillance, intervention issues using new technology and partnerships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WI-eCR-Feed-splitter-2.pdf\">Condition feed splitter for eCR improves systems for eCR evaluation in Wisconsin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WI-eCR-Occupational-Health-2.pdf\">ECR improves case finding for occupational health conditions in Wisconsin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WI-ELC-Workforce-Bioinformatics-team.pdf\">Wisconsin builds bioinformatics team to enhance surveillance of infectious diseases using next-generation sequencing data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WI-Partnership-and-Innovation-Self-Report-2.pdf\">Wisconsin 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href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Philadelphia_Outreach-and-response-to-norovirus_final.pdf\">A more robust outreach and response to norovirus in Philadelphia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AL_Academic-practice-partnerships_final.pdf\">Academic \u2013 practice partnerships: Addressing diverse infection prevention and control needs across Alabama<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Candida-colonization-testing_final.pdf\">Adding capacity for Candida colonization testing at the Texas DSHS laboratory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Screening-high-risk-patients-in-acute-care_final.pdf\">Admission screening among high-risk patients in acute care to prevent Candida auris transmission<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a 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href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Infection-prevention-escape-room-training-and-kits_final.pdf\">Infection prevention escape room training and kits: An engaging, immersive learning experience for frontline healthcare workers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NE_Infection-prevention-training-for-schools_final.pdf\">Infection prevention training for school settings initiative<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/LA_Candida-auris-containment_final.pdf\">Inter-facility approach to Candida auris containment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_Michigans-infection-control-MI-ECHO_final.pdf\">Michigan\u2019s Infection Control \u2013 Educational Collaborative for Better Health Outcome (MI-ECHO)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a 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antimicrobial pathogen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_LTC-RISE-supports-pandemic-COVID-19-response_final.pdf\">Pennsylvania LTC-RISE supports COVID-19 response and quality improvement at long-term care facility in Northeast Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Certified-in-Infection-Control-study-group_final.pdf\">Pennsylvania Project Firstline developed a web-based interactive Certified in Infection Control study group<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Project-Firstline_final.pdf\">Project Firstline in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Promoting-Project-Firstline_final.pdf\">Promoting Project Firstline in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_Veterans-Memorial-Home-at-Menlo-Park_final.pdf\">Quality improvement related to infection prevention and control at New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Purpose-direction-and-fun_final.pdf\">Southwest RISE brings purpose, direction, and fun to local skilled nursing facilities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Staffing-in-long-term-care_final.pdf\">Staffing in long-term care: A contingency staffing plan at the time of an ongoing pandemic for preparedness and continuity of care<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_Strengthening-and-preparing-long-term-care-facilities_final.pdf\">Strengthening and preparing long term care facilities for disease prevention and control<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_Project-Firstline_final.pdf\">The New Jersey Project Firstline team expands infection prevention and control training<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NE_Timely-information-and-guidance_final.pdf\">Timely information and guidance \u2013 COVID-19 assistance for long term care facilities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Dementia-care_final.pdf\">Training course for long-term care staff to advance knowledge and skills related to the care of persons living with dementia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WI_HAI-Program_final.pdf\">Wisconsin HAI Program expands infection preventionist resources for health care facilities and public health departments<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Other Infectious Diseases &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; tab_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 35px;\"><span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW261390428 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261390428 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Other Infectious Diseases<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW261390428 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW148917904 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148917904 BCX0\">These stories highlight work that ELC recipients perform that may not clearly fit in any of the other categories. The stories <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148917904 BCX0\">demonstrate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148917904 BCX0\"> the flexibility and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148917904 BCX0\">capacity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148917904 BCX0\"> to respond to emerging and diverse public health disease threats.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW148917904 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW148917904 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW148917904 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW148917904 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW148917904 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"622\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 467pt;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td width=\"622\" height=\"19\" style=\"width: 467pt; height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Binational-Border-Infectious-Disease-Surveillance_final.pdf\">Binational border infectious disease surveillance COVID-19 vaccination program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Binational-communication_final.pdf\">Binational communication<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_Legionella-sampling-in-single-family-residences_final.pdf\">Legionella sampling in single-family residences in New Jersey<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AZ_Catalyzing-Congenital-Syphilis-Prevention-Project_final.pdf\">Maricopa County\u2019s Catalyzing Congenital Syphilis Prevention Project<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AZ_Think-syphilis-campaign_final.pdf\">Maricopa County\u2019s Think Syphilis Campaign to Prevent Maternal and Congenital Syphilis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Successful-prenatal-care_final.pdf\">Pregnancy connects: Prenatal care for those at risk for syphilis in pregnancy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Sexual-health-equity_final.pdf\">Sexual health equity: Improving community understanding of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea using a health equity lens<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SC_New-Community-Engagement-Coordinator-position_final.pdf\">South Carolina establishes a new community engagement coordinator position<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Outbreak Response&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 35px;\"><span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW221046091 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW221046091 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Outbreak Response \u2013 including COVID-19, Mpox, measles, etc. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW221046091 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">These stories highlight health departments\u2019 outbreak response work made possible through ELC funding. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">ELC help<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\"> health departments strengthen core <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">capacity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\"> needed to respond to a variety of emerging infectious diseases. This includes <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">supplemental <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">awards<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\"> to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\">enhance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134186027 BCX0\"> epidemiology, laboratory, and health information systems to meet needs during a local, regional, or national infectious disease emergency.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW134186027 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW134186027 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"622\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 467pt; height: 420px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"width: 619.062px; height: 14px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Barriers-to-COVID-19-vaccine-uptake_final.pdf\">Addressing barriers to COVID-19 vaccine uptake among staff in long-term care facilities in rural North Central Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Chicago_Assessment-of-vaccine-hesitancy_final.pdf\">Assessment of vaccine hesitancy among skilled nursing facility staff in Chicago<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Binational-Border-Infectious-Disease-Surveillance_final.pdf\">Binational border infectious disease surveillance COVID-19 vaccination program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Binational-communication_final.pdf\">Binational communication<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Border-health-surveillance_final.pdf\">Border health surveillance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NV_Building-laboratory-capacity_final.pdf\">Building laboratory capacity for surge testing and pandemic response<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WA_K-12-school-nurses_final.pdf\">Building relationships and sharing expertise between the Washington State Department of Health and K-12 school nurses<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AL-ELC-NNDSS-covid-messages.pdf\">CDC gives nod to Alabama\u2019s efforts: State\u2019s COVID-19 messages now officially recognized<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Chicago_Regional-innovative-public-health-laboratory_final.pdf\">Chicago Department of Public Health establishes a Regional Innovative Public Health Laboratory to provide SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Chicago_Wastewater-surveillance-program_final.pdf\">Chicago Department of Public Health establishes a wastewater surveillance program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WA_Correctional-health_final.pdf\">Closing gaps between public health and correctional health in Washington State<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/VT_Infectious-disease-prevention-capacity_final.pdf\">Collaboration strengthens infectious disease prevention\/response capacity in Vermont nursing homes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CT-ELR-ELC-Volume-Increase.pdf\">Connecticut manages astronomical increase in lab results reporting using innovative, efficient solutions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Continuity-of-services_final.pdf\">Continuity of services and organizational operations while prioritizing health, safety, and well-being in Berks County<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_Case-classification-and-closeouts_final.pdf\">COVID-19 and other disease case classification and closeouts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/OK-ELC-ELRLIS-ELR-data-quality.pdf\">COVID-19 electronic reporting and data quality in Oklahoma<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_COVID-19-response-for-Arab-Americans_final.pdf\">COVID-19 response for Arab American communities in Wayne County, Michigan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_COVID-19-response-in-schools-in-Wayne-County_final.pdf\">COVID-19 response in schools in Wayne County, Michigan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_COVID-19-testing-at-K-12-schools_final.pdf\">COVID-19 testing at K-12 schools across Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf\">COVID-19 wastewater surveillance in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Crisis-response-to-COVID-19-pandemic_final.pdf\">Crisis response to COVID-19 pandemic, recovery efforts, and resiliency building for long term care facilities in Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TX-ELC-NNDSS-Cross-cutting.pdf\">Cross-cutting emerging issues: COVID-19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Mini-grants_final.pdf\">Crush COVID and Vaccinate the Ocean State mini-grants: Working to empower organizations to keep communities safe and well-informed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Enterprise-Salesforce-Surveillance.pdf\">Development and use of Salesforce as a COVID-19 surveillance system<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-NNDSS-autocluster-detection.pdf\">Development and use of Salesforce for auto-cluster detection<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-NNDSS-Result-look-up.pdf\">Development and use of Salesforce for result look up and COVID-19 survey to complete own interview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Spatiotemporal-analytics.pdf\">Development and use of spatiotemporal analytics to guide dynamic COVID-19 response activities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Engaging-and-supporting-congregate-settings_final.pdf\">Engaging and supporting congregate settings in Rhode Island to mitigate COVID-19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Enhancing-emergency-preparedness-in-long-term-care_final.pdf\">Enhancing emergency preparedness in long-term care<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MO_Enhancing-school-health-capacity_final.pdf\">Enhancing school health capacity in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"622\" style=\"height: 1920px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Isolation-facility_final.pdf\">Establishing a COVID-19 isolation facility with supportive services for Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Wastewater-surveillance-system_final.pdf\">Establishing a statewide wastewater surveillance system in Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DE_Establishing-a-wastewater-surveillance-program_final.pdf\">Establishing a wastewater surveillance program in Delaware<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CNMI-ELC-NNDSS-Surveillance-systems.pdf\">Expanding Surveillance Systems in the CNMI (Saipan, Tinian and Rota)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Guam-ELC-LISELR-LIMS.pdf\">Guam DPHSS is currently implementing a new integrated Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/HI-Wildfires.pdf\">Hawaii\u2019s collaborative public health response following the Maui wildfires<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WA_Juvenile-rehabilitation-agency_final.pdf\">How the Juvenile Rehabilitation agency set up COVID-19 testing at community facilities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IL-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-mpox-and-HIV.pdf\">Illinois cross-team collaboration identified mpox cases coinfected with HIV<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Call-center-technology_final.pdf\">Implementing and operating call center technology to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AZ_Increased-enteric-interview-capacity-and-trainings_final.pdf\">Increased enteric interview capacity and standardized investigation trainings using lessons learned from COVID-19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WA_Improve-ventilation_final.pdf\">Inexpensive interventions to improve ventilation to resident rooms in long-term care facilities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Initializing-wastewater-surveillance-system_final.pdf\">Initializing wastewater surveillance system to monitor COVID-19 levels in Rhode Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Point-of-care-testing-at-long-term-care-facilities_final.pdf\">Initiative to educate staff on process required to perform point-of-care testing at long-term care facilities leads to sustained testing resiliency<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_COVID-19-among-populations-experiencing-homelessness_final.pdf\">Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in Missouri\u2019s populations experiencing homelessness<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Modernizing-data-systems_final.pdf\">Modernizing data systems in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Travelers.pdf\">Monitoring travelers\u2019 health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_Mpox-rapid-response-in-Wayne-County_final.pdf\">Mpox rapid response in Wayne County, Michigan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Mpox-wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf\">Mpox wastewater surveillance in California<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NH_New-Hampshire-wastewater-surveillancs_final.pdf\">New Hampshire wastewater surveillance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Critical-access-to-pharmacy-partnerships-and-vaccines_final.pdf\">New initiative allows for critical access to pharmacy partnerships and vaccines across Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_Changing-up-testing-strategies_final.pdf\">New initiative: Changing up testing strategies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_Rapid-Response-Team_final.pdf\">New Jersey establishes a Rapid Response Team to provide timely support for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 related investigations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NC-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Foodbox.pdf\">North Carolina combines case report data, texting to connect people with food box delivery program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ND-ELC-Partner-and-Inno-automation.pdf\">North Dakota increased automation and use of public health data through process enhancements and partnerships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Dashboards.pdf\">Novel approaches to analytics using dashboards<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 72px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA-ELC-SyS-MISC-2.pdf\">Novel use of inpatient syndromic surveillance data to enhance case finding efforts for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_LTC-RISE-supports-pandemic-COVID-19-response_final.pdf\">Pennsylvania LTC-RISE supports COVID-19 response and quality improvement at long-term care facility in Northeast Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ME_Pertussis-in-the-Amish-Community_final.pdf\">Pertussis in the Amish community of Maine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Project-Firstline_final.pdf\">Project Firstline in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_Veterans-Memorial-Home-at-Menlo-Park_final.pdf\">Quality improvement related to infection prevention and control at New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_COVID-19-awareness-among-travelers_final.pdf\">Raising COVID-19 awareness among travelers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Wastewater-monitoring-in-K-12-schools_final.pdf\">SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring in K-12 schools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Staffing-in-long-term-care_final.pdf\">Staffing in long-term care: A contingency staffing plan at the time of an ongoing pandemic for preparedness and continuity of care<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Methods-for-wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf\">Standardizing sample preparation and clarification methods for wastewater surveillance monitoring of SARS-CoV-2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Sterile-laboratory-plastic-recycling_final.pdf\">Sterile laboratory plastic recycling ecosystem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Sterile-laboratory-plastic-recycling_final.pdf\">Sterile laboratory plastic recycling ecosystem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MO_Supporting-confinement-facilities_final.pdf\">Supporting confinement facilities to detect and mitigate COVID-19<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Supporting-local-health-departments_final.pdf\">Supporting local health departments in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NJ-ELC-Interop-IIS-and-communicable-disease-surveillance-system-integration.pdf\">System integration of New Jersey immunization information and communicable disease surveillance systems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_COVID-19-in-pregnancy-data_final.pdf\">Taking COVID-19 in pregnancy data to the community<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_School-HEPA-Distribution-Program_final.pdf\">The New Jersey School HEPA Distribution Program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_The-past-does-not-predict-the-future_final.pdf\">The past does not predict the future, but it can inform it<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_The-travelers-health-initiative_final.pdf\">The travelers health initiative<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WA-ELC-Interoperability-Vaccine-Locator.pdf\">The WA HEALTH team helped folks locate COVID-19 vaccines online through Vaccinate WA<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Tracking-COVID-19-during-pregnancy_final.pdf\">Tracking COVID-19 during pregnancy in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Tracking-COVID-19-during-pregnancy_final.pdf\">Tracking COVID-19 during pregnancy in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_PA-SyS-Tripledemic.pdf\">Tracking the \u201cTripledemic\u201d in Pennsylvania with syndromic surveillance data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Community-Health-Workers-in-the-COVID-19-response_final.pdf\">Using Community Health Workers in the COVID-19 response<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VT-ELC-NNDSS-outbreak-mgmt-tool.pdf\">Vermont develops outbreak management tool<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/VT_Infectious-disease-in-correctional-facilities_final.pdf\">Vermont&#8217;s Corrections and Health Departments establish closer relationship to manage infectious disease in correctional facilities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_Wastewater-monitoring_final.pdf\">Wastewater monitoring supplies data for preventative public health action<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Wastewater-office-hours_final.pdf\">Wastewater office hours for wastewater-based epidemiology partners in California<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SC-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Wastewater.pdf\">Wastewater testing and the pandemic response at the South Carolina Public Health Laboratory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 613.6px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WI_HAI-Program_final.pdf\">Wisconsin HAI Program expands infection preventionist resources for health care facilities and public health departments<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Response-ready Epidemiology&#8221; 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width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NV_Building-laboratory-capacity_final.pdf\">Building laboratory capacity for surge testing and pandemic response<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WA_K-12-school-nurses_final.pdf\">Building relationships and sharing expertise between the Washington State Department of Health and K-12 school nurses<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Houston_Norovirus-outbreak_final.pdf\">City of Houston averted norovirus outbreak caused by tainted oysters<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WA_Correctional-health_final.pdf\">Closing gaps between public health and correctional health in Washington State<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WA-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-K12.pdf\">Coordinating COVID-19 outbreak prevention and response in K-12 schools with a setting specific epidemiologist in Washington State<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Design-and-construction-of-a-state-of-the-art-facility_final.pdf\">Design and construction of a state-of-the-art facility for the Rhode Island State Health Laboratories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AL-ELC-Workforce-ELC-funds-strengthened-workforce.pdf\">ELC funds helped in strengthening Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks Division\u2019s epidemiology workforce<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MH_Establishing-epidemiology-and-public-health-team_final.pdf\">Establishing epidemiology and public health team and the link between epidemiology and laboratory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_Expanded-laboratory-capability_final.pdf\">Expanded laboratory capability and staff surge improve timeliness of measles PCR testing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Update-distribution-maps-for-mosquitoes_final.pdf\">Expedited surveillance efforts to update distribution maps for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Guam-ELC-LISELR-LIMS.pdf\">Guam DPHSS is currently implementing a new integrated Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/HI_Improving-ILI-surveillance_final-1.pdf\">Improving Hawaii\u2019s influenza-like illness surveillance network with aloha<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Increased-mosquito-surveillance-testing_final.pdf\">Increased mosquito surveillance testing in response to equine cases of eastern equine encephalitis virus in East Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NE_Investigation-of-potential-false-positivity-for-cryptosporidium_final.pdf\">Investigation of potential false positivity for Cryptosporidium detected by the BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/VA_Timely-N.-meningitidis-outbreak-identification_final.pdf\">Laboratory and epidemiology coordination leads to Timely N. meningitidis outbreak identification<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_OR-Workforce.pdf\">Oregon builds a use case for informatics workforce<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PA-ELC-ELRLIS-Lab-mobilization.pdf\">Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories mobilization of resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Promoting-Project-Firstline_final.pdf\">Promoting Project Firstline in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RI-ELC-Interop-IDL.pdf\">Rhode Island utilizes novel approaches to analytics including automated data processing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Sterile-laboratory-plastic-recycling_final.pdf\">Sterile laboratory plastic recycling ecosystem<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CA-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Epi-Summaries.pdf\">Successful production of epidemiologic summaries of 24 infectious diseases under surveillance in California from 2013-2019 for use by local health departments and the public<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX-ELC-Enterprise-SHARP.pdf\">Texas State Health Analytics and Reporting Platform (SHARP)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/TX-ELC-ECR-Closed-cases.pdf\">Texas upload of closed cases<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Thanksgiving-dinner-outbreak_final.pdf\">Thanksgiving dinner outbreak response results in improvements to local meal delivery service\u2019s policy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_The-past-does-not-predict-the-future_final.pdf\">The past does not predict the future, but it can inform it<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_The-story-of-collaboration_final.pdf\">The story of collaboration \u2013 Reducing the burden of hepatitis C in Calhoun County, Michigan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MA_Training-disease-detectives_final.pdf\">Training disease detectives to support local public health in Massachusetts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_WA-Verify-and-Notify.pdf\">Washington public health tackles disease surveillance, intervention issues using new technology and partnerships<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WI-ELC-ELRLIS-molecular-infrastructure.pdf\">Wisconsin builds cutting-edge molecular testing infrastructure to respond to infectious diseases<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14px; width: 619.062px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Zoonosis-control-field-training_final.pdf\">Zoonosis control field training courses<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Vaccine Preventable&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 35px;\"><span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW106965793 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106965793 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Vaccine Preventable and Respiratory Diseases\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106965793 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\">These stories highlight efforts <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\">to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\">monitor<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\">control<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW105806508 BCX0\"> vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). These diseases can cause long-term illness, hospitalization, and even death.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW105806508 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW105806508 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW105806508 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW105806508 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"622\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 467pt;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td width=\"622\" height=\"19\" style=\"width: 467pt; height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Chicago_Assessment-of-vaccine-hesitancy_final.pdf\">Assessment of vaccine hesitancy among skilled nursing facility staff in Chicago<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_Expanded-laboratory-capability_final.pdf\">Expanded laboratory capability and staff surge improve timeliness of measles PCR testing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/HI_Improving-ILI-surveillance_final-1.pdf\">Improving Hawaii\u2019s influenza-like illness surveillance network with aloha<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/VA_Timely-N.-meningitidis-outbreak-identification_final.pdf\">Laboratory and epidemiology coordination leads to Timely N. meningitidis outbreak identification<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ_Legionella-sampling-in-single-family-residences_final.pdf\">Legionella sampling in single-family residences in New Jersey<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ME_Pertussis-in-the-Amish-Community_final.pdf\">Pertussis in the Amish community of Maine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Vector-borne Diseases &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 35px;\"><span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW106965793 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106965793 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW48614366 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48614366 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Vector-borne Diseases<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106965793 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These stories highlight work to build sustainable, locally relevant programs to identify, prevent, and respond to vector-borne disease threats. This includes maintaining surveillance for human disease and their vectors, improving diagnostics, and implementing and evaluating prevention strategies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn more about CDC\u2019s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD): <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vector-borne-diseases\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vector-borne-diseases\/<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"622\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 467pt;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td width=\"622\" height=\"19\" style=\"width: 467pt; height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Tick-safety-and-Lyme-awareness-program_final.pdf\">Developing and implementing a tick safety and Lyme awareness program for Pennsylvania schools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MI_Cooperative-tick-surveillance_final.pdf\">ELC funds vital for cooperative tick surveillance and public health action in Michigan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Update-distribution-maps-for-mosquitoes_final.pdf\">Expedited surveillance efforts to update distribution maps for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_Fighting-the-bite_final.pdf\">Fighting the bite: protecting public health by investigating the increase of Lyme disease cases and the expanding range of blacklegged ticks in Ohio<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Increased-mosquito-surveillance-testing_final.pdf\">Increased mosquito surveillance testing in response to equine cases of eastern equine encephalitis virus in East Texas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Insecticide-resistance-testing_final.pdf\">Insecticide resistance testing informs integrated mosquito management program decisions at the local level<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ME_The-use-of-viral-metagenomic-whole-genome-sequencing_final.pdf\">The use of viral metagenomic whole genome sequencing to perform Powassan lineage analysis on cerebral spinal fluid<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\">\n<td height=\"19\" style=\"height: 14.25pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX_Zoonosis-control-field-training_final.pdf\">Zoonosis control field training courses<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Wastewater Surveillance&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 35px;\"><span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148922528 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW208287712 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW106235786 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW106235786 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Wastewater Surveillance<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW106235786 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These stories highlight work to build the capacity to track infectious diseases, such as SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and Influenza A and B in wastewater samples.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn more about CDC\u2019s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nwss\/wastewater-surveillance.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nwss\/wastewater-surveillance.html<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"622\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"622\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Chicago_Wastewater-surveillance-program_final.pdf\">Chicago Department of Public Health establishes a wastewater surveillance program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MO_Wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf\">COVID-19 wastewater surveillance in Missouri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Wastewater-surveillance-system_final.pdf\">Establishing a statewide wastewater surveillance system in Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DE_Establishing-a-wastewater-surveillance-program_final.pdf\">Establishing a wastewater surveillance program in Delaware<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/RI_Initializing-wastewater-surveillance-system_final.pdf\">Initializing wastewater surveillance system to monitor COVID-19 levels in Rhode Island<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Mpox-wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf\">Mpox wastewater surveillance in California<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NH_New-Hampshire-wastewater-surveillancs_final.pdf\">New Hampshire wastewater surveillance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Wastewater-monitoring-in-K-12-schools_final.pdf\">SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring in K-12 schools<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PA_Methods-for-wastewater-surveillance_final.pdf\">Standardizing sample preparation and clarification methods for wastewater surveillance monitoring of SARS-CoV-2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OH_Wastewater-monitoring_final.pdf\">Wastewater monitoring supplies data for preventative public health action<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CA_Wastewater-office-hours_final.pdf\">Wastewater office hours for wastewater-based epidemiology partners in California<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SC-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Wastewater.pdf\">Wastewater testing and the pandemic response at the South Carolina Public Health Laboratory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WI-ELC-Partnership-and-Innovation-Wastewater.pdf\">Wisconsin implements flu and RSV surveillance and routine wastewater surveillance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][\/et_pb_tabs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;37px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;12px|21px|12px|21px|true|true&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|14px|14px|14px|14px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture3.png\" width=\"107\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Laboratory-Data-Exchange.pdf\"><strong>Laboratory Data Exchange<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Definition:\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sharing information on laboratory test results and testing demographics is essential for effective disease tracking and emergency response in public health. Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/elr\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Electronic Laboratory Reporting<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (ELR) play pivotal roles in facilitating this information exchange. Both private and public laboratories use LIMS to manage samples and associated data, enabling the identification of reportable diseases, and generating ELRs for transmission to relevant public health agencies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">National Picture:\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On a national scale, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages the maintenance and enhancement of LIMS in public health laboratories. With an understanding of current barriers, the CDC supports the implementation of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/csels\/dls\/public-health-laboratory-etor.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Electronic Test Orders and Result Reporting<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (ETOR), as part of its Public Health Data Strategy (PHDS), to improve data completeness and accuracy compared to traditional paper requisition forms.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The CDC\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ophdst\/public-health-data-strategy\/goal-1-milestones.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ETOR and ELR goals<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the end of 2024 include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">100 percent ETOR usage in state public health labs\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">75 percent of laboratory reports received by jurisdictions are ELRs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Almost 100 percent of Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) recipients are connected to multiple intermediaries for lab data\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the onboarding of ELR reporters, significantly increasing ELR volume from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/surveillance\/data-modernization\/snapshot\/2022-snapshot\/stories\/laboratory-data-connection.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">30 million reports a year to nearly 50 million a month<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. While public health agencies achieved high percentages of automated reporting, data quality issues emerged from the rapid onboarding processes, necessitating cleanup efforts. Despite challenges, these initiatives contribute to a more robust and efficient public health data infrastructure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AK-ELC-LISELR-ELR.pdf\"><span>Alaska increases lab\u00a0reports received via electronic\u00a0methods<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CT-ELR-ELC-Volume-Increase.pdf\"><span>Connecticut manages\u00a0astronomical increase in lab\u00a0results reporting using\u200b innovative, efficient solutions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Guam-ELC-LISELR-LIMS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Guam is implementing a new integrated\u00a0Laboratory Information\u00a0Management System<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/CSTE_Success-Stories_HI-ELR-Malleability-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Introducing data transport malleability into Hawai\u02bbi&#8217;s electronic laboratory reporting systems during Omicron<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MI-ELR-Bifurcation.pdf\"><span>Michigan uses a fork in the\u00a0road to address electronic\u00a0laboratory reporting traffic\u00a0jams<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/MI-ELR-Report-card.pdf\"><span>Michigan uses report cards to\u00a0enhance electronic laboratory\u00a0reporting data completeness<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NYC-LIS-and-ELR-lab-drop-off-detection_FINAL.pdf\"><span>The New York City Department of Health\u00a0and Mental Hygiene developed methods to\u00a0quickly identify when laboratories stop\u00a0sending disease reports<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NC-ELR-Interstate-Exchange.pdf\"><span>North Carolina enables\u00a0interstate electronic laboratory report exchange for\u00a0COVID-19 with Virginia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/OK-ELC-ELRLIS-ELR-data-quality.pdf\"><span>COVID-19 electronic reporting\u00a0and data quality in Oklahoma<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/OR-LIS-and-ELR-ELR-data-quality-protocol.pdf\"><span>Oregon establishes an electronic laboratory reporting\u00a0data quality assurance\u00a0protocol<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PA-ELC-ELRLIS-Lab-mobilization.pdf\"><span>Pennsylvania Department of Health\u00a0Bureau of Laboratories mobilization\u00a0of resources to respond to the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SLC-Lab-Attendance.pdf\"><span>Utah connects public health\u00a0data with school enrollment\u00a0and attendance<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/SC-ELC-LISELR-Assay-Development.pdf\"><span>Assay development\u00a0improvements at the South\u00a0Carolina Public Health\u00a0Laboratory<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/TX-ELC-LISELR-efaxing-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Electronic faxing\u00a0(eFaxing) in Texas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.cste.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WI-ELC-ELRLIS-molecular-infrastructure.pdf\"><span>Wisconsin builds cutting-edge\u00a0molecular testing infrastructure\u00a0to respond to infectious diseases<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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