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Last Updated 18/05/2023

NPHL Newsletter 2022

 

NPHL Newsletter 2021

 

NPHL Newsletter (Winter 2019)

 
  • 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

NPHL Newsletter (Winter 2018)

 
  • 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 Newsletter (Spring 2017)

 
  • 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 Newsletter (Summer 2016)

 
  • 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 Newsletter (Summer 2015)

 
  • 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

NPHL Newsletter (Spring 2014)

 
  • 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 Newsletter (Fall 2013)

 
  • 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 Newsletter (Spring 2013)

 
  • 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 Newsletter (Summer 2012)

 
  • 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

NPHL Newsletter (Summer 2011)

 
  • 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

Spring 2011 Newsletter (complete)

 
  • 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

Fall 2010 Newsletter (complete)

 
  • 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

Spring 2010 Newsletter (complete)

 
  • 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

Fall 2009 Newsletter (complete)

 

Summer 2008 Newsletter (complete)

 

Winter 2007 Newsletter (complete)

 

Spring 2007 Newsletter (complete)

 

Fall 2006 Newsletter (complete)

 

Summer 2005 Newsletter (complete)

 

Spring 2005 Newsletter (complete)

 

Fall 2004 Newsletter (complete)

 

Summer 2004 Newsletter (complete)

 

Winter 2003 Newsletter (complete)

 

Summer 2003 Newsletter (complete)

 

Winter 2002 Newsletter (complete)

 

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Fall 1999 Newsletter (complete)

 

Spring 1999 Newsletter (complete)

 

Fall 1998 Newsletter (complete)

 

Spring 1998 Newsletter (complete)

 

Winter 1997 Newsletter (complete)