Please be advised that on December 3, 2025, there will be a planned power outage all day at the SHL Lakeside Lab. Due to this planned power outage, it is advised that you reach out to Dennis Heimdal at dennis-heimdal@uiowa.edu or (712) 337-3669, ext. 6, to coordinate shipping or dropping off any samples that could be affected by this power outage. Telephone and internet services will also be disrupted during this planned power outage, which will cause communication delays.

Due to planned maintenance, portions of the SHL website will be periodically unavailable on November 25, 2025, from 10:00pm - 11:59pm.

SHL will operate with adjusted hours in observation of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The State Hygienic Laboratory has updated the process for both the Testing for Legionella in Cooling Towers and Legionella Clinical Specimens Testing. For more details see the following attachments.

The State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa (SHL) is introducing changes to the Lysosomal Storage Disorder test on the newborn screening panel on August 1st.

Effective July 1, 2025, to comply with the CLIA requirements for maintaining clinical specimen temperature during transport and upon receipt, SHL will verify that specimens are arriving to the laboratory at the temperature requirements stated.

Effective April 9, 2025, Test Iowa will no longer distribute COVID-19 test kits. SHL will continue to process any previously distributed kits until Friday, April 18, 2025.