PHEL receives clinical specimens and environmental samples for various clinical, environmental, and public health surveillance testing.

For general information regarding how to submit clinical specimens to PHEL, including our shipping address and drop-off directions, please see our Referring Clinical Specimens to PHEL page.

For additional information on how to package and ship potentially infectious specimens, please see Shipping Infectious Specimens

Clinical laboratory directors are legally required to report positive test results (and negative where indicated) to public health authorities and to submit specimens to the NJ Public Health and Environmental Laboratories in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:57.

See our Reportable Disease page for information

For information regarding our environmental and chemical testing services, see our Environmental Testing page