Fee Increase for Iowa Newborn Screening Program
Effective July 1, 2023, the fee for INSP services will increase to $162. Read more...
Cleanup Celebrates 20 Years on the Iowa River; Set to Exceed 1,000,000 Pounds!
Iowa Project AWARE is heading to the Iowa River this summer! Online registration will be available starting at 7:00am, Monday, March 13. Read more...
Update to rabies testing process
As a part The State Hygienic Laboratory’s mission to provide objective, timely information to help keep Iowans safe and healthy, the lab provides rabies testing services at its Coralville laboratory.
WHO recommends monkeypox be renamed mpox
To minimize the negative impact of the current name, experts encourage the adoption of the new name "mpox". Read more...
Open Positions at the State Hygienic Laboratory
The State Hygienic Laboratory, with locations in Coralville, Ankeny, and Iowa’s Great Lakes Region, is hiring a variety of temporary and permanent positions. As the state’s public health and environmental laboratory, the Hygienic Laboratory serves all of Iowa’s 99 counties through disease detection, environmental monitoring, and newborn and maternal screening. Please visit the Jobs page to learn more and to apply.
Temp workers needed for State Hygienic Lab
The University of Iowa is seeking help hiring temporary workers for the State Hygienic Lab that - like many other industries - is facing a labor shortage stretching its staff thin as it aims to process an average of 1,000 tests a day for things like COVID-19, newborn and maternal screenings and tuberculosis. Read more...
Monitoring of Dental Unit Water Lines to Prevent Infection in Patients
The State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL) at the University of Iowa can assist dentists with the necessary monitoring of dental unit water lines used in their practices to prevent infection in patients.
Iowa Influenza Surveillance Webinar for 2022-2023 Season
During this webinar, Iowa HHS and SHL staff will review the 2021-2022 flu season and describe the influenza surveillance system for 2022-2023.
New Special Pathogens Test Request Form/Patient Middle Name Added to Clinical Test Request Forms
The State Hygienic Laboratory at The University of Iowa has made a new test request form available to order special pathogens testing. The “Special Pathogens Test Request Form” is now available on the SHL Clinical Test Request Forms webpage located at http://www.shl.uiowa.edu/testmenu/formgenerator.xml.
