APHL 2019 POSTER ABSTRACTS
participants were added to the training to measure successful
implementation of laboratory improvements.
Method: In November 2018, two FLLM workshops were conducted,
training a total of 52 national laboratory managers in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. The curriculum covered the following modules: 1.
Organizational Structure and Management; 2. Human Resources;
3. Communication and Conflict Resolution; 4. Leading a Successful
Team; 5. Problem Solving and Decision Making; 6. Financial
Management; 7. Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation; 8. Ethics.
The interactive workshop included presentations, discussions,
individual and group exercises, assignments and pre- and post-
tests. In addition, each participant identified three activities based
on the modules’ content, for implementation at their respective
laboratories. Faculty were available to provide remote support.
Participants provided summary reports by January 2019 and these
were subsequently analysed.
laboratory BRM practices. Extending trainings beyond the veterinary
laboratory led to successful collaborations between participants
and facilitated the development and implementation of key quality
and safety documents, trainings, and other biorisk essentials at all
engaged sites. The blended trainings allowed participants to use
a shared set of foundational tools to implement both best/better
practices and lessons learned by colleagues engaged in parallel
One Health activities. Establishing open communication and trust
between personnel at different human and veterinary institutions
through blended training opportunities increases the potential for
future collaborative capacity-building, disease surveillance, and
outbreak response activities.
Presenter: Nadia Wauquier, MRIGlobal, Kansas City, MO,
[email protected]
Infectious Disease
The cadres of managers included xx from the national level
laboratories, xx from the regional level laboratories and xx from
district level laboratories. The cadre of laboratory managers, their
non-submission report rate and reasons for non-submission are
shown in Table 1.2. Objective: Mycoplasma genitalium (M.gen) has been identified as
an emerging issue among sexually transmitted diseases by the
CDC and has been found to be associated with urethritis in men
and cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease in women. In a
screening population, M.gen is often more prevalent than Neisseria
gonorrhoeae and less prevalent than Chlamydia trachomatis. To
better understand the burden of M.gen infections amongst male
and female patients attending Family Planning and STD clinics in
Alabama, remnant specimens were tested at the Bureau of Clinical
Laboratories in Montgomery, Alabama,August 20–28, 2018. These
patients attended county health departments for Disease Control
and Family Health programs.
Discussion:
How successful was the workshop in terms of providing knowledge?
What does the success rate of report submission tell us?
What does non-submission mean?
Provide possible reasons for non-submission.
Recommendations to improve submission rate in future
Presenter: Sherri Staley, Association of Public Health Laboratories,
Silver Spring, MD, [email protected]
Integration of Human and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Personnel Capacity Building Efforts in Guinea and Senegal
J. Ndjomou, N. Wauquier, S. Shearrer, J. Alam, C. Asbun, B.
Karlstrand, M. Mar, L. Presser and S. Altman, MRIGlobal
After the 2014-2016 West Africa ebolavirus epidemic, international
partners independently scaled up efforts to improve regional
health security capabilities in the affected countries. The partners’
efforts generally targeted either the human health or veterinary
sector, widening existing gaps at the interface between national
human and animal health systems. As part of a United States
Defense Threat Reduction Program (DTRA)-funded effort to improve
biorisk management (BRM) capacity in West Africa, MRIGlobal
implemented BRM training at the premier Senegalese veterinary
institute. Training opportunities at the veterinary institute were
extended to personnel in key Senegalese public health laboratories
to bolster health security improvement efforts through improving
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LAB MATTERS Summer 2019
Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium Among Men and
Women Attending County Health Departments and Family
Health Programs in Northern, Northeastern and East
Central Alabama
T. Dailey, M. Scisney, T. Douglas, V. Green, E.M. Chambers, G. Cook,
J. Black, S. Massingale and A. Williams, Alabama Department of
Public Health
Methods: 967 remnant male (n =237) and female (n =730)
specimens were tested for M.gen using analyte specific reagents
(Hologic Inc). These reagents were developed into a nucleic acid
amplification test (NAAT) for the qualitative detection of ribosomal
RNA from M.gen organisms on the automated Panther system.
Specimens tested included: urine, cervical swabs, urethral swabs,
endocervical swabs, and oral/rectal swabs. Coinfection rates for N.
gonorrhoeae (NG), C. trachomatis (CT) and T. vaginalis (TV) were
also determined using Aptima Combo 2 (CT/NG) and Aptima TV.
Results: Of the 967 samples tested for M.gen, 126 were positive
(126, 13%) [male prevalence of 14.8% and female prevalence
of 12.5%], and overall these were predominantly found to be
single M.gen infections (88, 70%). Prevalence of other sexually
transmitted infections (STIs) was 9.4% (91) for CT, 4.8% (46) for NG,
and 9% (87) for TV. Of the 30% (38) of specimens with coinfections:
44.7% (17) were M.gen and CT, 21% (8) M.gen and TV, and 10.5%
(4) M.gen and NG. Infection by age grouping revealed that 11% of
positive samples were from patients under 18 years of age (YOA),
50% were between 18-25 YOA, and 39% were greater than 25 YOA.
Analyzing prevalence by race in women indicated 64.8% of M.gen
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Results: The average pre-test score was 34% whilst the average
post-test score was 72%, showing a significant increase in score
improvement by 38%. The number of activities per module identified
and completed by the participants are shown in Table 1. A total of
156 activities were identified by the participants. Of these, Xxx/156
(%) activities were completed. The submission rate of reports by
participants (Group One) of the first workshop was xx/26 (%%) and
xxx/26 (%%) by participants (Group Two) from the second workshop.
The overall submission rate was XX (%), whilst the overall non-
submission rate was xx (%).