In the three-tier Laboratory Response Network, confirmed bioterrorism agents should be sent to which laboratory?
a. Clinical
b. Sentinel
c. Reference
d. National
D
Sentinel (formerly Level A) laboratories receive patient samples, rule out pathogens, and transfer suspicious specimens to reference laboratories. Reference laboratories possess the required rea-gents and technology to perform confirmatory testing on pathogens. These laboratories may be local public health, military, international, veterinary, agricultural, food, or water-testing labora-tories. Confirmed bioterrorism agents are sent to a national laboratory. National laboratories, such as those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, or the Naval Medical Research Center, are responsible for the definitive characterization of agents
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