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LabNet
Introduction │ Technical Working Body │
LabNet Catalog │
Meetings │ Contact
Introduction
LabNet was inaugurated at a
meeting
in Noumea, New Caledonia, in April 2000.
The three-tier network of public health laboratory services
includes:
Level 1 (L1):
National/territorial laboratories
Level 2 (L2):
Four public health laboratories from the Pacific Island region (in
Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam and New Caledonia)
Level 3 (L3):
Reference laboratories in Pacific Rim countries or within the
Pacific
Technical Working
Body (TWB)
A
Technical working body (TWB) including
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Institut
Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie |
WHO |
SPC |
Pacific
Paramedical Training Centre (PPTC) |
has
been created for the facilitation and coordination of LabNet development. During
the 8th PPHSN-CB meeting in July 2002, the CB members agreed that Institut
Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie (IPNC) should take the technical leadership
of the TWB.
LabNet catalog
The catalog includes
information regarding the 3 types of laboratories (contacts and
activities) > available in
PDF
(255 KB) or
Word
(797 KB) formats
Meetings
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Regional Workshop "LabNet 2006", Noumea, New Caledonia, 31 July-4 August 2006 >
Summary published in Inform'ACTION #
24
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Series of 3 workshops for the
US Pacific Islands:
- HazMat Training Course, 2-3 February 2005
- LabNet Workshop, 4-5 February 2005
- Laboratory Quality Systems Workshop, 7-9 February 2005
> a summary of these
workshops was published in
Inform'ACTION 20
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2nd LabNet Technical Working Body Meeting, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1 June
2004
> a summary of this
meeting has been published in Inform'ACTION 18
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Regional workshop "LabNet 2003"
- Suva, Fiji Islands, 8-10 September
2003
> a summary of this
workshop has been published in
Inform'ACTION 16
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First
LabNet Technical Working Body (TWB) meeting - Noumea, New Caledonia, 23
July 2002
> a summary of this
meeting has been published in Inform'ACTION 12
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Inaugural
meeting of the PPHSN Public Health Laboratory Network - Noumea, New
Caledonia, 19-20 April 2000
> a report of this
meeting is available on the
PPHSN website. Copies can also be
obtained from the PPHSN-CB Focal Point:
phs.cdc@spc.int
Contact:
For any further information please
contact the Technical Working Body through SPC's Public Health
Surveillance and Communicable Disease Control section:
phs.cdc@spc.int
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