State proclamations support health and safety
The governor proclaimed September Newborn Screening Awareness Month in Iowa, an issue on which SHL works 365 days a year (more than four million newborns are screened annually through a simple test that saves tens of thousands of lives annually). And in November, several SHL staff were on hand when the governor marked U.S. Antibiotics Awareness Week, as SHL works with clinical labs and the Iowa Department of Public Health to perform testing for resistance pathogens that promote judicious use of infection control efforts.
