CSTE/APHL/CDC COVID-19 Epi/Lab Data Preparedness Calls

Forum to raise agenda items for the recurring calls, engage with colleagues in between calls, and house resources of interest.
Brooke Beaulieu, Surveillance/Informatics Program Analyst at CSTE FW: APHL Lab Alert #145 — Please see below for information from a recently released APHL Lab Alert. You may access the full contents of the alert, including resources and contact information, via this web link. “July 27, 2021 | Laboratory Alert #145   Dear Public Health Laboratory Directors,       The purpose of this mes...
Brooke Beaulieu, Surveillance/Informatics Program Analyst at CSTE FW: APHL Lab Alert #130 — Please see below for information from a recently released APHL Lab Alert. You may access the full contents of the alert, including resources and contact information, via this web link. “May 28, 2021 | Laboratory Alert #130 Dear Public Health Laboratory Directors,   The purpose of this message ...
Brooke Beaulieu, Surveillance/Informatics Program Analyst at CSTE FW: APHL Lab Alert #125 — Please see below for information from a recently released APHL Lab Alert. You may access the full contents of the alert, including resources and contact information, via this web link: http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?ep=ILOQpgl6ksVIy3fud_QpQKWqZ8BPuuC7HAWF4T0cr9N7G21fZ0g4m...
Brooke Beaulieu, Surveillance/Informatics Program Analyst at CSTE Using data systems to identify vaccine breakthrough infection — Last week, CDC announced the transition from monitoring all reported COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases to instead focusing on identifying and investigating only those resulting in hospitalization and death, effective May 1. The PDF announcement is attached below. How are PHAs using their data ... 3
Jim Collins Variant Reporting — Hi all, I'm not sure what shape all of your jurisdiction are in relative to the prevalence of variant COVID-19, but we're certainly up there for B.1.1.7 Attached, you'll see a list of what we get from our CDC liaison.  From that list, we copy out the specimen numbers and send them to the ident... 1
Brooke Beaulieu, Surveillance/Informatics Program Analyst at CSTE Lab reporting questions for 3/5 call — Hi all, We will have Jason Hall back on this Friday for the first half of the call (12:30 PM - 1:00 PM ET) to continue the discussion on reporting considerations for at home tests. If you have additional lab reporting questions for Jason, please add them here so that we have them all in one plac...
Jim Collins Variant Reporting — Hello All, For discussion.  My understanding is that CDC has reached and agreement with some national laboratories around the genetic sequencing of a proportion (I assume) of the SAR CoV-2 isolates they confirm.  Great idea, I'll add, in that it is part of a multipronged (with PH labs and academ... 2
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Jim Collins West Coast Variant and Other Fun Stuff — Hi, Thanks so much to all who participated in yesterday's call.  We apologize to Duncan MacCannell  (and everyone else) for the technical difficulties with his sound, but we'll get that worked out and have him back soon (2/19/21).  We still enjoyed a lively exchange, made great progress on the a... 3