PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY: DELAWARE LABORATORY

Follow the links below to past issues of the Delaware Public Health Laboratory's newsletter!

Spring 2009

• Influenza A/H1N1 (Swine-like)
• National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
• DPHL Open House - photos
• CLIA - Why is it Important?
• LIMS Update

Winter 2008-2009

• Delaware Public Health Laboratory System Assessment
• Identification of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (STEC), Serotype 0157 and Non-0157 at DPHL
• Method Validations for the Food Emergency Response Network
• Influenza Molecular Method Transition
• Employee News

Fall 2008 - Text of Fall 2008

• Delaware Public Health Laboratory Rabies Testing Policy
• Quantiferon: New Test for Diagnosis of TB
• Blood Lead Testing Update
• Invitation to the Delaware Public Health Laboratory System Assessment
• Delaware Health Advisory: Second Confirmed Influenza Case for 2008-2009

Summer 2008 - Text of Summer 2008

In this issue:

• Strategic Planning
• Foodborne Illness Response
• West Nile Virus Surveillance
• Employee News
• Fee Increase for Newborn Screening Testing

Spring 2008 - Text of Spring 2008

In this issue:

• Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Testing at Delaware Public Health Laboratory
• What is CLIA ... and Why is it Important for Laboratories?
• Training at DPHL
• Employee News

Winter 2007-2008 - Text of Winter 2007-2008

In this issue:

• Norovirus Testing at Delaware Public Health Laboratory
• Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee Meeting, November 15, 2007
• Brucella Abortus RB51 and the 2007 Laboratory Preparedness Survey
• What's New in Newborn Screening?

Fall 2007 - Text of Fall 2007

In this issue:

• An Influential Direction
• Delaware's Sentinel Labs Perform Rule Out Testing for BT Agents
• March of Dimes Recognizes State of Delaware
• HIV Testing Using "Rapid" Test Methods
• DPHL Tets Private Drinking Water for the Delaware Cancer Consortium
• Employee News and DPHL Employee Recognition Ceremony Awards

Summer 2007 - Text of Summer 2007

In this issue:

• Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR-TB)
• DPHL Meetings and Trainings, March-June 2007
• Why We Analyze Drinking Water
• New Employees at DPHL
• National Laboratory Training Network Converence IV
• DPHL New Equipment

Spring 2007 - Text of Spring 2007

In this issue:

• Blood Lead Testing at DPHL Update
• Update Your List of Notifiable Diseases and Reporting Requirements
• Upcoming Events at the Delaware Public Health Laboratory
• Pesticide Program at the DPHL
• New Chemical Preparedness Methods & Instrumentation
• What is FERN?

January 2007 - Text of January 2007

In this issue:

• Anatomy of a Foodborne Outbreak
• Chemical Terrorism Update
• DPHL Stays on the Cutting Edge
• Preparedness Update
• LIMS Upate
• New Equipment in Newborn Screening

Fall 2006 - Text of Fall 2006

In this issue:

• Influenza Laboratory Testing in Delaware: Significant Contributions Towards the Influenza Vaccine Recommendations
• A Fair Day for Public Health
• New Genprobe Method for STD Testing
• Avian Influenza: Pandemic Possibility
• West Nile Virus Laboratory Testing in Delaware
• New Employees

Spring 2006 - Text of Spring 2006

In this issue:

• Implementing Cystic Fibrosis Testing in Delaware
• DPHL Celebrates Fifteen Years in Smyrna
• Select Agent Inspection
• Employee of the Quarter - Kathy Gray, LIMS System Administrator