Developing a Legionnaires’ Disease Laboratory Response Plan
Legionnaires’ disease clusters and outbreaks can present unique challenges for state and local public health laboratories. Laboratory staff can increase their preparedness by developing a Legionnaires’ disease Laboratory Response Plan (LDLRP). CDC designed this toolkit to help laboratory staff and leadership prepare an effective response plan.
The toolkit includes:
A checklist to help laboratory staff and leadership assess current Legionella testing capacity
Templates for identifying response team and determining roles and responsibilities
Templates for a plan to test clinical specimens and environmental samples in your laboratory
Templates for a plan to refer samples to an outside laboratory
A sample LDLRP
An example response scenario with a sample workflow and timeline
Sample worksheets to document laboratory results
Example instructions for specimen storage and shipping
