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Last Updated 18/05/2023
NPHL Newsletter 2022
NPHL Newsletter 2021
- AFM: The New Polio?
- Buzz-worthy Bites: West Nile Virus Season 2018
- False-positive Vibrio and Yersinia Results on CIDT
- NETEC Visitors from Washington DC
- 2019 Pandemic Viral Outbreak
- Biosecurity vs Biosafety
- Norovirus Characterization
- Specimen Collection Kits for Norovirus
- Bringing Medical Technology to the Last Mile
- Outbreak! Laboratory Readiness in Surge Situations
- NUlirt Test Ordering
- Meet the New NPHL Staff
- Influenza in Nebraska
- Outsmarting a Perfect Pathogen: Managing Norovirus Outbreaks in Nebraska
- Candida auris: An Emerging Pathogen
- Measles Outbreak Response in Nebraska - 2017
- One Hundred Years after the Great Influenza of 1918
- Mass Specimen Collection Exercise 2017
- Meet the Laboratorian, Gail Burke
- NPHL Updates
- What is a lab to do about C. difficile?
- Carbapenemase Testing in Nebraska
- Mass Specimen Collection in Local Events
- Mesage from the CDC - Culture Still Required
- Meet the Laboratorian - Linda Papik
- NPHL Updates
- Culture of Safety Empathized in Nebraska
- Mumps Outbreaks in 2016
- Zika Virus
- What Kind of Shape is Nebraska's Public Health?
- Methylmalonic Acid Testing at NPHL
- Meningitis and Encephalitis Test is on "Fire"
- Meet the Laboratorian - Roxanne Alter
- NPHL Updates
- Culture-Independent Testing for Gastrointestinal Pathogens
- Collection and Transport of High Consequence Pathogens
- Arbovirus Testing at NPHL
- Algorithm for the Detection of CRE
- Meet the Laboratorian - Donnet Knapp
- New Testing for Carbapenem Resistance
- Rapid Identification of Positive Blood Cultures
- LOINC, SNOWMED CT and Meaningful Use
- West Nile Virus Testing at NPHL
- Unannounced DOT/FAA Inspections-Changes Stressed
- What ER Staff Need to Know About Specimen Collection During a Disaster
- Salmonella Alphabet Word Search.
- Congratulations to Dr. Hinrichs!
- Meet the Laboratorian - Dean Taubenheim
- Salmonella Alphabet Word Search Answers
- NPHL Updates
- Cyclosporiasis Outbreak 2013
- Changes in LRN Sentinel Lab Protocols
- Salmonella serotyping at NPHL
- The State PHL in Nebraska: the First Hundred Years
- Upcoming NPHL Events 2014
- NPHL Updates
- Influenza 2013 Update
- Best Practices in the TB Laboratory Diagnostics
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae AST at NPHL
- Norovirus Testing in Nebraska
- Meet the Laboratorian - Kathy Talmon
- NPHL Updates
- Lead Testing at NPHL
- Measeles Makes a Comeback
- To Screen or Not to Screen for Shigatoxin
- Listeria Monocytogenes Outbreak in 2011
- NPHL Newsletter Goes Electronic
- Meet the Laboratorians at NPHL
- Updated Recommendations for the Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
- What's in the Water
- Activities in the Chemistry Section of the NPHL
- Shipping Isolates to the NPHL
- Meet the Laboratorian- Rex F. Famitangco
- Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases in Nebraska
- A Case Study in Vibrio cholerae
- Brief Review of Terminology in Public Health
- Meet the Laboratorian
- Biofilm: Impact on Clinical Laboratory Testing
- Tuberculosis in Nebraska
- Francisella tularensis Research at UNMC
- Changes in Nebraska Reportable Conditions
- What's in a Name? ? A Taxonomic Overview of the Genus Cronobacter sakazakii
- Certification Maintenance Program and Board of Certification
- All Events are Local - Hospital CT Preparedness
- Pandemic H1N1 Update
- New Recommendations for Routine GC/CT Screening
- CAP/CLIA Regulatory Updates
- Meet the Laboratorian - Dan Griess