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. 2020 Nov 19;7:402. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00740-7

Online-only Table 1.

Participating laboratories in the 2017 and 2018 proficiency tests.

Laboratory GT / PN participation 2017 2018
NOVA South Eastern University GT x
JIFSAN, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition GT x
FDA/CFSAN Moffett Center GT x
FDA Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (WEAC, FMA) GT x
FDA Forensic Chemistry Center (FCC) GT x
Brigham Womens Hospital, Lynn Bry’s lab GT x
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources PN x
State of Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory PN x
South Dakota State Department of Health PN x
Public Health Agency of Canada PN x
Oregon State Public Health Laboratory PN x
New York City Department of Health PN x
New Mexico Department of Health PN x
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory PN x
Mississippi State Department of Health PN x
Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals PN x
Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratory PN x
Kentucky Health Services Laboratory PN x
Center for Disease Control and Prevention PN x
Institute of Environmental Science & Research Limited Christchurch Science Centre PN x
Idaho Bureau of Laboratories PN x
Florida Department of Health PN x
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) PN x
City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services PN x
Arizona State Public Health Laboratory PN x
Wyoming Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene PN x x
Washington State Department of Health GT/PN x x
Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratories GT/PN x x
Utah Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Texas Department of State Health Services GT/PN x x
Tennessee Department of Health Laboratory Services PN x x
State Hygienic Laboratory University of Iowa GT/PN x x
South Dakota State Department. of Health / SD State University GT x x
SENASICA - Sequencing and Bioinformatic Unit GT x x
Santa Clara County Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Rhode Island Department of Health PN x x
Pennsylvania State University, Dudly Lab GT x x
Orange County HCA Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Oklahoma State Department of Health PN x x
Ohio Department of Health Laboratory PN x x
Ohio Department of Agriculture, Animal Diseases Diagnostic Lab. GT x x
NSF International | Applied Research Center GT x x
North Dakota Public Health Laboratory PN x x
North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine GT x x
North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health PN x x
New York State Department of Health - Wadsworth GT/PN x x
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets GT x x
New Mexico State University, Food Safety Laboratory GT x x
New Hampshire State Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Nestle Ltd - Nestle Research Center GT x x
Montana Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Minnisotta Department of Health GT/PN x x
Michigan Department of Community Health PN x x
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development GT x x
Massachusetts Department of Public Health GT/PN x x
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene GT/PN x x
Lousiana LA-Vet-LIRN GT x x
Indianna State Department of Health Laboratory PN x x
IFSH HTS Laboratory, Moffett Center GT x x
IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group GT x x
Hawaii Department of Health GT/PN x x
Georgia Department of Community Health PN x x
FSIS Office of Public Health Science Athens Field Service Lab GT/PN x x
Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services GT x x
FDA CFSAN Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment GT x x
FDA CFSAN Office of Regulatory Science GT x x
FDA Southeast Food and Feed Laboratory (SFFL) GT x x
FDA San Francisco Laboratory (SANFL) GT x x
FDA Pacific Southwest Food and Feed Laboratory (PSFFL) GT x x
FDA Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) GT x x
FDA Northeast Food and Feed Laboratory (NRL, FNE) GT x x
FDA Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory GT x x
FDA Denver Laboratory (DENL) GT x x
FDA Arkansas Laboratory (ARKL) GT x x
Delaware Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Cornell University, Vet-LIRN GT x x
Connecticut State Public Health Laboratory PN x x
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment PN x x
California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Laboratory GT/PN x x
California Department of Public Health PN x x
Arizona State Public Health Laboratory, Tgen GT x x
Argentina, INEI ANLIS Carlos Malbran Institute GT x x
Alaska Public Health Laboratory GT/PN x x

GT: GenomeTrakr, PN: PulseNet, x: participated in that year’s exercise.