Communication and Coordination:
Roles
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### Primary Responding Laboratory (PRL)

The PRL is the initial laboratory contacted by the ASR that agrees to provide support.

- Key Responsibilities
- Other Duties

Key Responsibilities

The PRL has the following key responsibilities:

- Provide analytical support
- Provide coordination and follow direction from Incident Commander (IC)
- Provide sample collection staff to the ASR, or guidance
- Facilitate communication between MSLs and the ASR
- Coordinate collection and compilation of data from MSLs and report to the ASR
- Follow instructions from the ASR regarding data release and records maintenance, retention, and destruction

Other Duties

Other duties may include consolidating and performing basic quality checks on MSL data. Additional support may include:

- Consulting
- Data review, reporting, and exchange
- Reagent exchange
- Sample storage
- Training

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