Upcoming Events

Iowa PFAS Conference: Learn, Connect and Explore

Tuesday, April 15 8:00am to Wednesday, April 16, 2025 5:00pm
Graduate Iowa City
The 2025 Iowa PFAS Conference will be held April 15-16, 2025, at the Graduate by Hilton Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus. The conference is designed to exchange ideas and findings, provide learning and networking opportunities, and explore new ways to test and deal with PFAS in environmental and biological samples. It has the following objectives: Create a learning environment to share ideas and findings about PFAS.  Bring faculty members, researchers, staff, and students to one...

Past Events

Iowa Newborn Screening New Collection Card Webinar

Thursday, September 26, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
The Iowa Newborn Screening Program (INSP) is introducing a new dried bloodspot collection card design in a live webinar hosted on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. CT.

SHL Annual Laboratory Symposium 2024

Thursday, September 26, 2024 7:30am
The event kicks off with registration and breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by a welcome address. Key sessions cover regulatory updates, quality systems, and equipment calibration. The afternoon includes specialized tracks on basic, micro, and advanced topics, wrapping up with evaluations at 4 p.m.

News

State Hygienic Lab at The University of Iowa
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Hours
Monday, January 20th, 2025 is a University of Iowa observed holiday. SHL will be closed. See below for more details.
State Hygienic Lab at The University of Iowa
Brucella Removal from Select Agent List
On January 16, 2025 Brucella species (abortus, melitensis, and suis) will be removed from the Federal Select Agent and Toxins list. Please see the attached announcement for change details.
State Hygienic Lab at The University of Iowa
SHL Bacteriology Test Request Form Update
SHL has released an updated version of the Bacteriology Test Request Form to the SHL website. Please see the attached announcement for change details and destroy any copies of previous version(s) you may have.
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State Hygienic Laboratory Newborn Screening LIMS Upgrade
The Newborn Screening section of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa (SHL) is upgrading to a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), OpenELIS, beginning October 1, 2024.
State Hygienic Lab at The University of Iowa
Lyme Reporting Changes
The State Hygienic Laboratory will continue to use the same testing platform for Lyme testing, but we have updated our reporting to include Interpretation for Laboratories and Interpretation for Providers in our test trailers.
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