Welcome to APHL’s Laboratory Resource Exchange!
This platform is designed to support public health laboratories in transferring lab equipment, testing supplies and consumables, ensuring the efficient use of resources. It enables laboratories to request and obtain essential materials during routine operations, national shortages caused by health emergencies, supply chain disruptions or funding limitations. This platform is exclusively for transferring laboratory equipment, testing supplies, and consumables and is not intended for the exchange of specimens or samples between laboratories.
Laboratories with available equipment, testing supplies and consumables are encouraged to submit an entry for each unique resource. Those in need can search available resources using the filters on the left or by entering keywords in the search bar below. Please review the disclaimers before proceeding.
Disclaimers
APHL Responsibility: APHL is responsible for hosting this platform and ensuring completeness of the information contained within. Information shared here is meant to facilitate resource sharing between member public health laboratories for emergency preparedness and response testing purposes.
Submitter Responsibility: It is the responsibility of those submitting information on laboratory equipment, testing supplies and/or consumables to the “Laboratory Resource Exchange” to ensure that the information is accurate and that the physical items on the “Laboratory Resource Exchange” are maintained in the submitter’s laboratory. It is also the responsibility of the submitter to confirm necessary practices and permits are in place at the receiving laboratory that are required by your institution. This could include documentation such as material transfer agreements (MTA) or memorandum of understanding (MOU) that your institution may require between the two laboratories. Please note, unless otherwise noted in an exchange agreement between laboratories, it is understood that once the transfer is complete, the receiving laboratory has no obligation to return the exchanged items.
Recipient Responsibility: It is the responsibility of those requesting equipment, testing supplies and consumables listed on the “Laboratory Resource Exchange” to contact the submitting laboratory directly and ensure that you have the necessary practices and permits in place for receiving the items as they are required by either your laboratory or the laboratory submitting the items. Please note, unless otherwise noted in an exchange agreement between laboratories, it is understood that once the transfer is complete, the receiving laboratory has no obligation to return the exchanged items.
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Form Instructions
Contact emergency.preparedness@aphl.org with questions