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WHAT IS THE NATIONAL LABORATORY TRAINING NETWORK?
Dedicated to improving laboratory practice of public health significance through
quality continuing education, the National Laboratory Training Network
(NLTN) is a training system sponsored by the Association of Public
Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
The NLTN office in Richmond CA is one of four regional offices staffed
by professionals who are experts in education and training for
laboratorians. NLTN offices regularly partner with state and federal
agencies, state public health laboratories, colleges and universities,
professional organizations, business and industry to provide high
quality, low cost continuing education for laboratory staff in
clinical, public health and environmental laboratories throughout the
U.S., and its territories.
Current Richmond office staff include Martha Evans, Program Assistant,
Debbie Foster, Library Assistant, Antonia Henderson, Training
Associate, Karen Mulawski, CDC Training Advisor, Marguerite Oates, NLTN
Manager, and Barbara Chernock (CDHS), Webmaster/Assistant Project
Coordinator.
NLTN training activities include workshops in state-of-the-art
laboratory technology that feature expert faculty and are offered
nationwide. NLTN workshops address emerging infectious diseases and
other high priority lab topics, such as molecular diagnostic testing,
bioterrorism preparedness, packaging and shipping clinical specimens,
antimicrobial susceptibility testing, etc. Selected workshops are
offered using distance learning technologies such as teleconferences,
web conferences, online courses, CDs and DVDs, Nationally recognized
continuing education credit is awarded for NLTN programs. For more
information, call us at (800) 536-NLTN (6586) or visit our website at
www.nltn.org.
The NLTN online Lending Library Index lists over 900 training and
educational materials available for loan, free of charge, to laboratory
scientists. Ideal for in-service training, cross training, student
education and self-study, the lending library items are available in a
variety of formats, including videotapes, printed manuals, and
electronic media. Topics include bioterrorism, microbiology,
hematology, safety, molecular diagnostics, safety, etc. Create your own
library user account, login to the NLTN Lending Library Index and begin
checking out items online today at www.nltn.org. For those working in
the Richmond Laboratory facility, you may visit the library in room
C131 and check out and return materials locally.
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