In early March, personnel from the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), and the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) participated in a joint training session. The main objectives of this joint training were to:
- Learn the REDI-NET Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for collecting, processing, and testing soil and water samples through practical application
- Learn how to enter, analyze, and view data for field and laboratory samples using the custom-designed REDI-NET mobile and web applications
- Utilize the REDI-NET Next Generation Sequencing Analysis (NGS) Platform to analyze and interpret sample data as inputs for risk management and Force Health Protection decision-making.
The REDI-NET SOPs used in this training, as well as other REDI-NET SOPs, can be found on protocols.io:
- SOP S-1 Soil Field Sampling
- SOP S-2 Soil Processing
- SOP S-4 Soil Testing
- SOP W-1 Water Field Sampling
- SOP W-2 Water Processing
- SOP W-4 Water Testing