NETEC’s “Inside Lab Safety: Navigating Special Pathogen Testing” features host Jill Morgan of Emory University Hospital in conversation with Vicki Herrera, a biocontainment laboratory training and education leader at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Colleen Kraft, MD, medical and laboratory director of Emory’s Biocontainment Unit, to discuss how frontline health care facilities and basic laboratories can safely manage testing for suspected high-consequence infectious diseases. Herrera shares practical guidance on risk assessment, point-of-care testing, specimen handling, and communication across clinical and laboratory teams, while Kraft discusses the importance of balancing diagnostic urgency with biosafety, contamination prevention, and laboratory preparedness. Whether you’re supporting frontline testing, strengthening laboratory protocols, or preparing for a special pathogen response, this episode of NETEC’s Transmission Interrupted delivers practical guidance for advancing safe, coordinated, and effective diagnostic operations.