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WSLH HEADLINES
  

• UW Receives Accreditation for Molecular Genetics Fellowship NEW!



• Avian Influenza A/H7N9 Virus Surveillance and Testing Guidelines for Wisconsin -- April 18, 2013 



• HIV-1/2 Antibody Testing Algorithm Implemented - April 2013



• Discontinuation of Syphilis FTA-ABS IgM Antibody (Infants only) - April 2013



• Jaglin Earns Certified Public Procurement Officer Designation 



• WisCon Joins Miron Construction and OSHA in Strategic Safety and Health Partnership for UW-Eau Claire Education Building Construction 



• WisCon Joins Black & Veatch and OSHA in Strategic Safety and Health Partnership for Columbia Energy Center Project 



• Schauer Receives Prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award 



• Information on Testing for Molybdenum in Private Well Water 



• Leadership Changes at the WI Newborn Screening Laboratory  



• UW/WSLH Cytogenetics Participates in UW Cancer Research 



• Occupational Injuries Decline in Wisconsin in 2011 



• Rehrig Pacific Receives SHARP Award Renewal From OSHA and WSLH 



• Scot Forge Receives SHARP Award Renewal From OSHA and WSLH 



• OWI Task Force Report - Improving Services from the WSLH Forensic Toxicology Program



• Fatal Work Injuries Decline in Wisconsin in 2011 



• Important information on 30 hour holding time for Total Coliform/E. coli water samples (PDF) 



• WSLH Director Charles Brokopp Elected President of Association of Public Health Laboratories 



• Shalkham Receives Outstanding Cytotechnologist Award from ASCT



• Fragile X gene's prevalence suggests broader health risk



• WSLH Measles and Rubella Testing Center of Excellence and Influenza Antiviral Drug Resistance Testing profiled in APHL's Lab Matters (PDF) 



• WisCon Joins The Samuels Group, OSHA and Sacred Heart Hospital (Eau Claire) in Strategic Safety and Health Partnership



• AP: State Lab of Hygiene Confirms Salmonella in Recalled Tuna



• Wisconsin State Journal: State's Hygiene Lab Tests Pollutants from Major Historical Sites



• CHANGE ALERT: Upgrade of WSLH Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) 



• WisCon Helping Protect Workers' Safety and Health during Lambeau Field Improvement Project



• Webcast - Scientific Presentations to the WSLH Board, February 21, 2012 



• Webcast - Microbial (Fecal) Source Tracking: WSLH's Toolbox 



• Journal Article Details Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Associated with Hospital's Water Wall Fountain 



• Webcast - DATCP Bureau of Laboratory Services: Mission and Capability



• Webcast - What's New in the Food and Waterborne Disease Program 



• Rotating Equipment Repair Receives SHARP Award Renewal from OSHA and WSLH 



• Menasha Packaging - Green Lake Receives SHARP Award Renewal from OSHA and WSLH 



• WSLH featured in national publication "Lessons from a Virus: Public Health Laboratories Respond to the H1N1 Pandemic" 



• WSLH Flow Cytometry Unit Accredited as International PT Provider for Cryptosporidium



• WSLH Contributes to Research Finding New Bacterium Causing Tick-Borne Illness Ehrlichiosis in WI and MN 



• Webcast - Assessment of Organic Compound Exposure from Crumb Rubber Infill in Synthetic Turf Athletic Fields 



• Universal Electronics, Inc. Earns SHARP Award from OSHA and WSLH



• Moor's Salvage & Recovery Receives SHARP Award Renewal From OSHA and WSLH



• Webcast - Facing a Pandemic: Wisconsin's Response to 2009 H1N1



• Webcast - Driving with Extremely High Blood Alcohol Concentrations   



• Webcast - Chromium (VI) Testing at the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene  



• Webcast - Reservoirs of Endocrine Active Compounds from Dairy and Beef Operations



• Wisconsin's Salmonella Mystery and the Surprising Culprit 



• Webcast - Anaerobic Digestion of Biosolids 



• Edstrom Industries Receives SHARP Award Renewal from OSHA and WSLH



• Portage Plastics Corporation Receives SHARP Award Renewal from OSHA and WSLH



• Schoeneck Containers, Inc. Receives SHARP Award Renewal from OSHA and WSLH 



• Airport De-Icer and Toxicity Research - WSLH and USGS Collaboration (WI Public Televsion In Wisconsin story)
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Testing for Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium-6) in Water (PDF)



• Webcast - Cytotechnology Education Evolution: Not Just Pap Smears Anymore 



• WSLH Featured in Story on Public Health Laboratory Research - APHL Lab Matters (PDF)


• Research Journey Takes CF Doctor Back to Ancient Bones



• Many Urban Streams Harmful to Aquatic Life Following Winter Pavement Deicing



• Webcast - Microbiological Public Health Issues in the Yahara Lakes 



• Flow Cytometry Concepts and Capabilities to Assess Environmental Contaminants (PDF)



• WSLH Contributes to Research Identifying Pathogenic Cryptosporidium



• State Lab of Hygiene Identifies 1st SCID Baby Using New TREC Assay



• Public Health Reports Supplement Focuses on Lab Systems



• Webcast - Endocrine Disruptors from Cattle and Dairy Farms  



• Webcast - Occurrence of Hormones in Surface Water Runoff from Cattle and Dairy Operations 



• Test Developed in Wisconsin Can Help Save Babies' Lives Worldwide



• Wisconsin First State in Nation to Screen All Newborns for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) or “Bubble Boy Disease”



• Video - Beach Water Collection for E. Coli Testing  

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