Laboratory System Improvement Program

Connect to your system partners with a Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) assessment, now available to all state and local public health laboratory systems. Thirty-eight states and six local municipalities have already completed an L-SIP assessment. Six states and one local municipality have completed an L-SIP reassessment.

Interested in an L-SIP Assessment?

Contact Tina Su to begin the process.

L-SIP Participation Map

What is L-SIP?

APHL’s Laboratory System Improvement Program (L-SIP) advances the efficacy of state and local public health laboratory systems through a guided process of performance evaluation, system improvements and periodic evaluation and reassessment. Participating member laboratories receive resources and technical assistance to guide them on their way to system excellence.

Why L-SIP?

Here are some of the benefits that L-SIP produces for state and local public health laboratory systems:

Provides a foundation for the accreditation of state and local public health departments by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).
Provides a benchmark for public health laboratory system practice improvements, by setting a “gold standard” to which public health systems can aspire.
Improves communication and collaboration by bringing partners (e.g., first responders, key constituencies, public health and other laboratories, etc.) together.

L-SIP Marketing Materials

Resources for L-SIP Participants

System assessment reference documents:

Examples of L-SIP Websites from Previous Assessments:

Our Value Mega Menu	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=1	Our Value Mega Menu	<div class="ExternalClassB536FA0EE1D943C292A8BC5098D300B8"><p>APHL’s AIMS platform exchanged over 250,000,000 messages in 2018, its 10th anniversary year. </p></div>	Our Value	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/cyber%20-%20iStock-880444220_super.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Our Work Mega Menu	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=2	Our Work Mega Menu	<div class="ExternalClass3018644464274CF1A442E6A7546F310E"><p>APHL is helping Zimbabwe to convert to viral load (VL) testing for monitoring of HIV patients. Below, the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Nichols, vists Masvingo Provincial Laboratory.</p></div>	Our Work	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/US-Ambassador-Zimbabwe.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Your Resources Mega Menu	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=3	Your Resources Mega Menu	<div class="ExternalClass1BF7DB5AC26D44A08CEFAE1E89BC7C71"><p>APHL helped 16 state newborn screening programs to implement one or more new disorders with $1,386,820 in direct funding.</p></div>	Your Resources	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/Baby%20-%20PHO_INF_MEIGS_2.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Your Development	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=4	Your Development	<div class="ExternalClassC1476CEF6CAA4C9A84B74137AA769F43"><p>Each year APHL partners with a public health lab to sponsor an event for local students. Here, Pasadena middle school students become “toxic crusaders” at the city’s environmental chemistry lab. </p></div>	Your Development	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/toxic_crusaders.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
I Want To	https://www.aphl.org/Lists/Mega Menu Story/DispForm.aspx?ID=5	I Want To	<div class="ExternalClass6F92F0D3EF0C4D3083DEDA3F0D150994"><p>In collaboration with CDC, APHL sponsors multiple fellowships in diverse disciplines. Below, Infectious Disease Fellow Chelsea Carmen works at the bench.</p></div>	I Want To	<img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/ID-Fellow-ChelseaCarman.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />

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