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NM DOH All Hazard Incident Management Glossary
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Laboratory Biosafety Levels – four biosafety levels for activities involving infectious microorganisms and laboratory animals. BSL 1 - suitable for work involving well-characterized agents not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans, and of minimal potential hazard to laboratory personnel and the environment. BSL 2 – similar to BSL 1 and is suitable for work involving agents of moderate potential hazard to personnel and the environment. BSL 3 – applicable to clinical, diagnostic, teaching, research, or production facilities in which work is done with indigenous or exotic agents which may cause serious or potentially lethal disease as a result of exposure by the inhalation route. BSL 4 – required for work with dangerous and exotic agents that pose a high individual risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections and life-threatening disease.
Laboratory Levels (A, B, C, D) – a system for classifying laboratories by their capabilities. Classifications are: A - routine clinical testing. Includes independent clinical labs and those at universities and community hospitals; B - more specialized capabilities. Includes many state and local public health laboratories; C - more sophisticated public health labs and reference labs such as those run by CDC; and D - possessing sophisticated containment equipment and expertise to deal with the most dangerous, virulent pathogens and includes only CDC and Department of Defense labs, the FBI, and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Lead Agency – see Primary Agency
LEM – Local Emergency Manager
LEPC – Local Emergency Planning Committee
LFA – Lead Federal Agency
Liaison – a form of communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and cooperation.
LIMS – Laboratory Information Management System
LMS – Learning Management System
Local Government – a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (regardless of whether the council of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law), regional or interstate government entity, or agency or instrumentality of a local government; an Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization, or in Alaska a Native village or Alaska Regional Native Corporation; a rural community, unincorporated town or village, or other public entity. See Section 2 (10), Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (2002).
Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level (LOAEL) – the lowest tested dose of a substance that has been reported to cause harmful (adverse) health effects in people or animals.
LRN Laboratory Response Network - a national partnership of public health laboratories designed to coordinate and share resources for an effective response during a health emergency.
