Survey of National Reference Laboratory (NRL) capacity for six food- and waterborne diseases in EU/EEA countries

Data from National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) play an important part in European surveillance of food- and
waterborne infectious disease. In 2009, a survey was conducted to obtain an idea of the availability and capacity of services offered by National Reference-level Laboratories in EU and EEA countries in relation to six priority foodand waterborne pathogens: Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Shiga toxin/verotoxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC) and Yersinia. The survey was administered in the form of six questionnaires (one per pathogen) and sent to 118 contact points identified in the Member States on 2 July 2009. The deadline for returning the questionnaire to ECDC was 24 August 2009. The analyses were performed in 2010 and the final results were published in July 2012.

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ECDC: Survey of National Reference Laboratory (NRL) capacity for six food- and waterborne diseases in EU/EEA countries http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/Survey-NRL-capacity-for-food-waterborne-agents.pdf

ECDC: News, 16.7.12: ECDC publishes survey of National Reference Laboratories capacity for six food- and waterborne agents http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/press/news/Lists/News/ECDC_DispForm.aspx?List=32e43ee8%2De230%2D4424%2Da783%2D85742124029a&ID=680&RootFolder=%2Fen%2Fpress%2Fnews%2FLists%2FNews

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