Communication and Coordination:
Structure for Incident Response
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### Transfer of Responsibilities

Situations may warrant transferring the role of the PRL or MSL to another laboratory. This may be necessary if the scope and scale of the incident exceeds the resources and capabilities of the laboratory, or if the laboratory's operations are impacted by the incident.

Examples of when a PRL or MSL may need to transfer their role to another laboratory include: Laboratory personnel are not available to support the incident There are problems with the laboratory's instruments that prevent them from providing analytical support The laboratory's capability has been impacted by the incident (e.g., power outages, damaged facility) The laboratory's routine operations are being negatively impacted by providing incident support The scope of the support required has increased beyond the laboratory's capabilities (e.g., the incident requires analysis of samples for select agents and the laboratory has no experience in this area) |

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