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OTHER ASSOCIATION/ORGANIZATION LINKS:

Association of Public Health Laboratories - Home Page

American Society for Microbiology - ASM Home Page

CDC - CDC's Home Page

http://www.ascp.org - ASCP's Home Page, includes teleconference and workshop information

http://www.atcc.org - ATCC's Home Page

http://www.nccls.org - CLSI (formerly NCCLS) home page

http://www.fda.gov - Food and Drug Administration

http://www.nih.gov - National Institutes of Health

http://www.paho.org/ - Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization

http://www.un.org - United Nations

http://depts.washington.edu/einet - APEC website, includes biweekly newsletter covering important developments in emerging infectious diseases

http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/nltn - National Laboratory Training Network site, provides many excellent workshops.

http://asm.org/division/c/links.htm -ASM's Division C links page.

http://www.cap.org - CAP's website: Education, Surveys, Q-probes, Q-tracks, LMIP, access to government documents, updates to the CLIA list of waived tests, and more.

BIOHAZARD / SAFETY

http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl/bmbl-1.htm - Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 3rd and 4th edition on-line.

http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bsc/bsc.htm - Primary Containment for Biohazards

http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/new%20publications.htm - biosafety publications

RESOURCES:

Microbes.info - The Microbiology Information Portal.   An internet web portal designed to bring useful and interesting microbiology informational resources to all interested

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/id_links.htm - emerging infectious disease resource links

http://www.scicentral.com - large site with links to many biological sciences, plus search engine

http://www.cdc.gov./epo/mmwr/mmwr.html - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

http://www.medscape.com - good information on a number of disease topics, offers free weekly newsletters

http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/clia/default.asp - CLIA information

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/weekly.htm - CDC's flu information site, with an on-line Flu-O-Meter, indicating prevalence of influenza state by state.

http://www.healthfinder.gov - U.S. Department of Health and Human Resource Services free gateway to reliable health information, also has links to medical libraries, dictionaries, journals, patient support groups, clinical trials, databases, state health departments and more.

http://www.labexplorer.com - excellent site for laboratory internet resources: educational, career opportunities, history, current news, vendor links, popular journals, and medline searches.

http://www.advanceformlp.com/ - Advance Publication's on-line edition

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/default.asp - CDC Public Health Image Library

EDUCATIONAL SITES:

http://depts.washington.edu/einet - Go to "teaching and learning" to learn about Emerging Infections of International Public Health Importance - lectures and av materials by international experts.

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/microbio/med/gram/slides.htm - gram stain images

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3504/gallery.htm - photo gallery of Bacterial pathogens

http://www.bacteriamuseum.org - see information about bioterrorism

SPECIALTY AREAS: (AFB, MYCOLOGY, PARASITOLOGY,VIROLOGY, SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/Federal_Register/default.htm - Draft 2005 Guidelines for preventing transmission of M. tuberculosis

http://www.med-chem.com/Para/ - Parasitology case studies by Lynn Garcia

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html -to find latest TB information, type in "TB" and search the NIOSH site

http://www.doctorfungus.org/ - Mycology site with many links

http://www.aspergillus.man.ac.uk/ - Aspergillus website with images, treatment info, procedures and other info.

http://www.phppo/cdc/gov/dls/master/ - Multi-level Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Educational Resources

http://www.cdc/gov/drugresistance/actionplan/ - Draft Public Health Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

STATE HEALTH LABS:

http://www.idph.state.il.us/ - Illinois Department of Public Health

http://www.in.gov/isdh/ - Indiana State Department of Health

http://www.michigan.gov/mdch - Michigan Department of Community Health

http://www.odh.state.oh.us/ - Ohio Department of Health

http://www.wvdhhr.org/ - West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources

http://publichealth.state.ky.us/index.htm - Kentucky Health Department

REMEDY YOUR MEDICAL CAREER ONLINE!

http://www.jobsinhealthcare.com - search database of jobs, post your resume, or visit the Healthcare Links.

http://medbulletin.com/Webodrome/jobHome.php - free resource for medical professionals that provides information about jobs, communities, and employers.

http://www.medzilla.com - post a resume or a job vacancy, also provides its users with resume help and a Salary Database.