What it Means
Percent of 15 to 21 tests for infectious diseases that the state public health laboratory provides or assures including: antimicrobial susceptibility testing confirmation for vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum), Babesiosis (Babesia sp.), botulinum toxin-mouse toxicity assay, Dengue Fever, Hantavirus serology, identification of unusual bacterial isolates, identification of fungal isolates, identification of parasites, Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (blaKPC) by PCR, Legionella by culture or PCR, malaria by PCR, norovirus by PCR, Powassan virus, rabies. The 2018 CLSS survey added 6 more items (i.e., Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, Lyme disease, Candida auris, and Mobilized colistin resistance (MCR 1)), increasing the total to 21 tests.
