What is the Public Health Lab?
Public Health Laboratory is a specially licensed laboratory responsible for supporting all disease control and environmental health activities within PHP&S. The PHL supports epidemiologic investigations and programs to prevent and control infectious disease and pollution of air, water, and food. The PHL provides laboratory services for county public health and personal health centers, 5 county hospitals, county environmental management and veterinary units, and private providers. Organizationally, PHL is divided into the following divisions: General Bacteriology, TB and Mycology, Parasitology, Serology, Virology, Molecular Diagnostics, Molecular Epidemiology, Environmental Microbiology, Support Services, and Nondiagnostic General Health Assessment (NGHA) Office.
