Form 0920-0974 Rabies Course Feedback Survey

2018 Laboratory Methods for Detecting Rabies Virus Course Learner Feedback
Survey
Welcome

Thank you for taking this voluntary survey to help us understand how well theLaboratory Methods
for Detecting Rabies Virus course held July 30 - August 3, 2018 at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention's training laboratory has been serving the needs of our learners. The feedback you
provide will also inform updates to this course and future course development.
The survey questions will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Your responses will be
anonymous and no unique identifying information will be sought or kept. The feedback we receive
will be used by our programs in aggregate only.
INSTRUCTIONS
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your opinion. An asterick (*) at the beginning of a question indicates that a response is required.
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Standard DFA Protocol Specimen Preparation Practices

* 1. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's laboratory
practices related to Standard DFA Protocol SPECIMEN PREPARATION practices for Rabies virus?
I recommended or
I reviewed my
initiated changes
personal or my
I improved my
to my personal or facility's practices
awareness or
my facility's
and confirmed they understanding of
practices
are up-to-date
this topic

This topic was not
useful or relevant

Dissection of brain tissues
Area of brain tested
Preparation of brain impressions

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Standard DFA Protocol Slide Staining Practices

* 2. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's laboratory
practices related to Standard DFA Protocol SLIDE STAINING practices for Rabies virus?
I recommended or
I reviewed my
initiated changes
personal or my
I improved my
to my personal or facility's practices
awareness or
my facility's
and confirmed they understanding of
practice
are up-to-date
this topic

This topic was not
useful or relevant

Time of acetone fixation
Temperature of acetone fixation
Number of staining containers used
Number of conjugates
Use of counter stain
Type of mounting media

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Standard DFA Protocol Examination of DFA Slides Practices

* 3. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's practices
related to Standard DFA Protocol practices for EXAMINATION OF DFA SLIDES for Rabies virus?
I recommended or
I reviewed my
initiated changes
personal or my
to my personal or facility's practices
I improved my
my facility's
and confirmed they
awareness or
practices
are up-to-date
understanding of
this topic

This topic was not
relevant or useful

Number of readers per specimen
Objective lens used on the fluorescence
microscope
Grading staining intensity from +4 to +1

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Standard DFA Protocol practices for TROUBLESHOOTING and REPORTING RESULTS
Practices

* 4. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's Standard DFA
Protocol practices for TROUBLESHOOTING and REPORTING RESULTS
I
recommended
or initiated
changes to my
personal or my
facility's
practices

I reviewed my
personal or my
facility's
I improved my
practices and awareness or This topic was
confirmed they understanding not relevant or
are up-to-date
of this topic
useful

When to confirm DFA test results
Reporting inconclusive results
Confirming non-specific and inconclusive DFA results
Alternative testing and submission to reference lab

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* 5. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's practices
related to the following:
I
recommended
or initiated
changes to my
personal or my
facility's
practices

I reviewed my
personal or my
facility's
I improved my
practices and awareness or This topic was
confirmed they understanding not relevant or
are up-to-date
of this topic
useful

Bat identification
RT-PCR for Rabies
DRIT
Laboratory safety in the rabies lab

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6. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the course
information to your personal or facility's laboratory practices in these areas of rabies virus detection
Standard DFA Protocol
Specimen Preparation
Standard DFA Protocol
Slide Staining
Standard DFA Protocol
practices for Examination
of DFA Slides
Standard DFA Protocol
practices for
Troubleshooting and
Reporting Results
Bat identification, RT-PCR,
or DRIT
Laboratory safety

7. Additional comments or suggestions for future training courses or products:

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