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"Lab Matters" Spring 2013 cover image - "The Microbes Cometh: How Will We Respond"
Publications and Resources

Lab Matters: The Spring issue of APHL's quarterly magazine examines how public health laboratories are responding to emerging infectious diseases at a time of funding and resource constraints in "The Microbes Cometh: How Will We Respond?." To read the latest issue, download the Lab Matters mobile app from your app store (available for iPhone, iPad, Android devices and Amazon Kindle Fire) or subscribe free to the digital edition

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Featured Publications

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50 Years of Saving Babies' Lives

The Newborn Screening Story

How One Simple Test Changed Lives, Science, and Health in America.

50 Years of Saving Babies' Lives

What's the Best Thing You Can Do to Protect Your Newborn's Health?

Overview of newborn screening directed to parents and healthcare providers. Endorsed by ACOG, AAP, Baby’s First Test and the March of Dimes.

50 Years of Saving Babies' Lives

Four Facts that Policymakers Need to Know

How newborn screening protects the lives of the over 4 million babies born in the US annually. ​

Preparedness and Response

2013 All-Hazards Laboratory Preparedness Report

Leveraging Partnerships to Strengthen Preparedness and Response

Laboratory Management

In Transition: A Practical Guide to Navigating Leadership Changes in the Public Health Laboratory

Lab Director Transitions Online Toolkit

Guidance, tools and resources to smooth transitions between lab leaders.

APHL

2012 APHL Annual Report

Review of 2012 activities, notably the Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative (LEI)

Food Safety

Isolation and Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from Clinical Specimens

Best practices in STEC diagnostics for clinical and public health laboratories. Covers algorithms plus EIA, culture and molecular characterization methods.

Infectious Diseases

Lessons from a Virus: Public Health Laboratories Respond to the H1N1 Pandemic

A behind-the-scenes account of public health labs'  24/7 response to the 2009 H1N1 outbreak.

Environmental Health 

Guidance for Laboratory Biomonitoring Programs

Framework for developing a public health laboratory biomonitoring program.