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Wisconsin’s Public, Environmental and Occupational Health Laboratory Since 1903

COVID-19

Information for clinical laboratories and local health departments

WSLH News

May 12, 2022Memorial Day 2022 Holiday HoursPlease note the following changes to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene’s operations due to the observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The table below lists the hours of operations for our Clinical Specimen Receiving departments. As always, if you have an off-hours emergency, please call the WSLH Emergency Pager at 608-263-3280. DATE 2601 […]

April 6, 2022WSLH Named a Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Centers of ExcellenceThe Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene is one of six wastewater-based epidemiology centers of excellence announced today by Ceres Nanosciences (Ceres). The Centers of Excellence program is supported by an $8.2 million award given to Ceres from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) initiative. Ceres news release

April 4, 2022WSLH Staff Contribute to National Wastewater Surveillance and Outreach PublicationsWSLH staff made major contributions to two recently released Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) publications. Senior Scientist Martin Shafer provided a large portion of the content to APHL’s “SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Testing Guide for Public Health Laboratories”. Shafer said his contributions were informed by the WSLH COVID Wastewater Surveillance Team. He said the APHL […]

March 3, 2022APHL Lab Matters Article a Reminder about Other Pathogens CirculatingWSLH Communicable Disease Division Director Dr. Allen Bateman was interviewed and quoted for the lead Association of Public Health Laboratories Spring 2022 Lab Matters article about balancing SARS-CoV-2 testing with other necessary infectious disease testing. “To All the Other Pathogens: We’re Still Testing”

January 26, 2022WSLH CDD and Genetics Featured in UW SMPH Quarterly MagazineThe University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health publishes the magazine Quarterly. The latest issue has two stories highlighting Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene work in Communicable Disease and in Genetics. Survey of the Health of Wisconsin Pivots to Collect Valuable Statewide COVID-19 Data Undiagnosed Genetic Disease Program and Clinic Catalyze […]

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The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) is the state’s public and environmental health laboratory. As part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the WSLH is committed to exploring new ideas which benefit the state, the nation and the world.

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After Hours Emergency	(608) 263-3280
Clinical Laboratories	(800) 862-1013
Environmental Laboratories	(800) 442-4618
Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory: (Industrial Hygiene)	(800) 446-0403
WSLH Proficiency Testing	(800) 462-5261

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