Public Health Laboratory Services comprise the majority of programs of the Public Health and Environmental laboratories. Testing is primarily performed on clinical specimens in the broad areas of chemistry and microbiology. The Microbiology Program processes more than 140,000 tests a year including both culture and non-culture procedures.
The laboratory provides drug abuse testing services for state judicial and law enforcement agencies, and tests for vaccine preventable diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and varicella.
Working closely with epidemiologists at CDS, the laboratory performs testing to identify new cases or clusters of viral disease.
Programs include: