The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) will be holding it's 2010 APHL Annual Meeting and Fourth Environmental Laboratory Conferencein Cincinnati, Ohio, US, from June 6-9, 2010. The event will will consist of a member assembly; keynote, general and breakout sessions; roundtables, posters and exhibits from industry. 
According APHL: “This year’s meeting will discuss issues ranging from environmental issues to emerging infectious diseases and emergency preparedness, from informatics to food safety, newborn screening and global health. The Annual Meeting is the APHL membership meeting. Attendees include state, county, city and local public health lab directors, environmental and agricultural lab directors, senior laboratory staff, government and private laboratory personnel, and others interested in laboratory issues.”
The sessions will include issues that pertain to Biosafety and Biosecurity. Among these are:
Biosafety and Biosecurity: Core Competencies, Regulatory Updates and Planning Towards the Future
“This session will inform the audience on the recent and potential changes on the horizon for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity. It will begin with an update on a recently developed core competency model for safe practices in public health laboratories. It will then address implementation of new potential regulations, provide best practices and allow the audience to discuss new developments in the realm of biosafety and biosecurity.”
Collaboration on Developing Biothreat Analysis
“This session will detail the collaboration between EPA, USDA and CDC on developing biothreat assays for environmental matrices.”* * *
Germfree manufactures a range of biological safety equipment utilized in the public health laboratory. Germfree supports the mission of APHL and will be exhibiting at APHL Annual Meeting and Fourth Environmental Laboratory Conference in Cincinnati. Germfree's line of containment equipment includes systems for the receipt and testing of unknown hazardous samples (biological and chemical) including use in All Hazard Receipt Facilities. Other containment systems include Class III Biosafety Cabinets, Sample Receipt Bleaching Stations and Containment Transfer Carts to receive samples safely and efficiently.
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The mission of Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL): “To promote the role of public health laboratories in shaping national and global health objectives, and to promote policies, programs and technologies that assure continuous improvement in the quality of laboratory practice and health outcomes.” Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, US, this is “The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is the national nonprofit representing governmental laboratories that monitor and detect public health threats, ranging from lead contamination in drinking water to metabolic and genetic conditions in newborns...APHL’s core membership is comprised of public health, environmental and agricultural laboratories. Representatives from federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, corporations and interested individuals also participate in the association. International participation is expanding in response to the globalization of disease and APHL’s active global health program.”
