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Fall 2019

In this issue:

• Delaware Public Health Laboratory Biosafety Update
• May 2019 Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Meeting
• Rapid HIV 1/2 Testing In Delaware
• DPHL Drinking Water Section is EPA Certified...
• The Role of Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health
• Employee News

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

Spring 2019

In this issue:

• Delaware Food Outbreaks 2018
• Playing in the Sandbox with Agents of Bioterrorism
• Molecular Virology bids Goodbye to Viral Culture
• Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN) Update
• Employee News

Fall 2018

In this issue:

• LPAC Spring 2018 Update
• Biosafety Peer Network
• Bioterrorism Update
• Environmental Control Technicians Move to DPHL
• Tuberculosis Exposure at a Delaware Long Term Care Facility 2017-2018
• Employee News

Spring 2018

In this issue:

• Newborn Screening Era at DPHL Comes to an End
• Epidemiology and Laboratory Tabletop Exercise
• Bioterrorism Update
• Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN) Update
• Employee News

Fall 2017 Volume 40

In this issue:

• 2016-2017 Influenza Season
• Which Came First, the Mosquito or the Arbovirus?
• Carbapenemase Producing Organism Testing Update for August 2017
• New Analytical Testing Added in the Drinking Water Laboratory
• Employee News

Spring 2017 Volume 40

In this issue:

• Next Generation DNA Testing
• Bioterrorism Update
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Antimicrobial Resistance map
• National Quality Indicators in Newborn screening
• Employee News

Spring 2016 Volume 40

In this issue:

• Zika Testing
• Spring LPAC
• ICPMS
• Duck Odyssey
• Governor's 5K
• Employee News

Winter 2016 Volume 40

In this issue:

• LPAC Spring 2015 Meeting
• LPAC Fall 2015 Meeting
• Delaware Identifies 14th VRSA in U.S.
• Employee News

Winter 2015 Volume 39

In this issue:

• Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee Meeting 
• Molecular Diagnosis of Influenza Infection and Live Attenuated Vaccines
• Hurricane Exercise
• Preparedness Suites: A Retrospective
• Employee News

Summer 2014 Volume 38

In this issue:

• Give Us A Reason To Celebrate And We Will!
• Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee Meeting

Winter 2013-2014 Volume 38

• DPHL Demonstrates Excellence in Collaborative Food Testing Methodology
• Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee Fall 2013 Meeting
• Emerging Infectious Disease Update: Influenza A/H7N9 (Eurasian Lineage) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
• Employee News

Summer/Fall 2013

In this issue:

• Lab week
• Lab in a Bag
• ELC-Foodbourne Disease Surveillance Update
• healthiest Lab Award
• Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee Meeting
• Employee News

Winter 2012-13

In this issue:

• Newborn Screening 50th Anniversary
• New DPH Medical Director
• Preparedness Update
• LIMS Electronic Data Messaging

Fall 2012

In this issue:

• DPHL Receives Award
• Laboratory Preparedness Update
• STDs in School Based Health C125
• There was a fox . . . .
• West Nile Virus in DE

Spring 2012

In this issue:

• Laboratory Preparedness Update
• Influenza Summary Report
• Delaware Public Health Laboratory Week

Winter 2011-2012

In this issue:

• New and Improved Trichomonas Testing
• Operation Loose Package
• SCID Testing Update
• Purple Drinking Water
• Sentinel Laboratory Workshop

Fall 2011

In this issue:

• LPAC meeting
• New HIV Testing Algorithm
• LIMS Update
• Influenza Update 2011-2012

Summer 2011

In this issue:

• Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee
• Evaluation of Gen-Probe’s APTIMA Method for the Detection of HIV-1 at DPHL
• DPHL Celebrates National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
• Intern Report, Employee News

Winter/Spring 2011

In this issue:

• Governor Markell Announces New Drinking Water Initiatives
• Drinking Water Laboratory Certification as it Relates to Public Health
• Newborn Screening in Delaware - 2011 View
• DPH Laboratory Open House, Intern Report, Employee News

Fall 2010

In this issue:

• Molecular Diagnosis of Influenza: Highs and Lows
• Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID)
• Environmental Leadership Academy & Laboratory Accreditation
• Biological Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee
• Employee News

Summer 2010

In this issue:

• Filter Concentration and Detection of BT Agents
• Gen-Probe Molecular Test for Early Detection of HIV
• DPHL Hosts Visitor from Guam
• Bioterrorism Update
• Employee News and Intern Update

Spring 2010

In this issue:

• Tuberculosis-Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing at DPHL
• Bioterrorism Update
• LPAC Update
• Detection of Norovirus in Food Matrices
• National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
• Employee News

Winter 2010

In this issue:

• Navigating the Changing Tides of Professional Certification
• Delaware's Public health Laboratory Implementing Second Tier Testing for Cystic Fibrosis
• 2010 Training Opportunities
• New Molecular Testing for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Microbiology Section
• We Do It for the Babies!
• Employee News

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