LAB MATTERS
WINTER 2019 | CONTENTS
COLUMNS Global Health
2 18 A Global Priority: Promoting Health
Security through GHSA 2024
President’s and Executive Director’s
Message
19 In Zimbabwe, Lab Mentor Fosters
Advancing Systems
SECTIONS
19 APHL Publishes New Guide to LIS
International Implementations
Industry Matters
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20 In Zambia, Lab Mentor Tackles Viral
Load Testing
PFAS Analysis: How to Minimize
Contamination in Testing
21 Zambia’s National LIS Advances
Laboratory Efficiency, Data Availability
Environmental Health
10 New Hampshire Assesses
Exposure to Arsenic and Uranium
from Private Wells
Public Health Preparedness
and Response
12 Indiana Strategizes with Partners to
Protect Vulnerable from Private Well
Water Risks
22 Model Training in Michigan Connects
Sentinel Clinical Labs, Epidemiologists
23 Are Sentinel Clinical Labs Ready for
the Next Threat?
From the Bench
13 Five Years to an EPA-Approved
Cyanide Method: How Maine Achieved
Success
24 CBP Labs Counter Threats at US
Borders
Membership
14 Ricin Exercise a Win-Win in Arizona
26 The Laboratory by the Bay: Fighting
Infections in San Francisco
15 Midshipmen Meet Public Health Labs
in Florida Internships
Fellows
Food Safety/Infectious Diseases
16 New Reimbursement Limits on
Respiratory Viral, GIP Panels: Will They
Impact Detection, Surveillance of
Foodborne and Respiratory Diseases?
28 APHL Fellowship Update: Engaging
the Next Generation of Fellows
Policy
28 APHL Releases Three Position
Statements
APHL LAB MATTERS STAFF APHL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gynene Sullivan, MA, CAPM, editor Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), president
Karen Klinedinst, art director Grace E. Kubin, PhD, president-elect
Jody DeVoll, MAT, advisor
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FEATURE
The ABCs of PFAS: Mobilizing
Laboratories to Protect
Communities
First discovered in the 1930s, per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) now pervade almost every
aspect of modern life. In fact,
PFAS compounds can be found
in everything from dental floss to
cookware. But human exposure
to PFAS comes at a cost, and as
old compounds are removed from
production, new compounds take
their place. So how does a public
health laboratory handle this
challenge with limited resources?
By establishing new public-private
partnerships.
Bill Whitmar, MS, secretary-treasurer
To submit an article for consideration, contact
Gynene Sullivan, editor, at [email protected].
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to
strengthen laboratory systems serving the public’s health in the US
and globally. APHL’s member laboratories protect the public’s health
by monitoring and detecting infectious and foodborne diseases,
environmental contaminants, terrorist agents, genetic disorders in
newborns and other diverse health threats.
Richard S. Steece, PhD, D(ABMM), member-at-large
Denise Marie Toney, PhD, HCLD(ABB), member-at-large
Scott J. Zimmerman, DrPH, MPH, HCLD(ABB), member-
at-large
Maria Lucia Ishida, PhD, associate institutional member
representative
Tamara Theisen, MT(ASCP), local institutional member
representative
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Web:
240.485.2745
240.485.2700
[email protected]
www.aphl.org
Mark Wade, local institutional member representative
Ewa King, PhD, immediate past president
Scott J. Becker, MS, ex officio, executive director, APHL
PublicHealthLabs
@APHL
APHL.org
Fall 2018 LAB MATTERS
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