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Last Updated 18/05/2023

• NPHL Newsletter 2022
• April 2022 - Lassa Fever Situational Awareness
• February 2022 - CDC-APHL Fellowship / Internship Programs
• January 2022 - History Will Have It's Eyes On You


• NPHL Newsletter 2021
• December 2021 - History Has Its Eyes on You
• December 2021 - What do we know about Omicron? Holiday Greetings from NPHL
• November 2021 - Lyme Disease
• September 2021 - The 20th Anniversary of Amerithrax-Letters containing Bacillus anthracis spores on Sept 18th, 2001
• August 2021 E-Newsletter Surveillance of Diarrheagenic Ecoli/Delta Variant is Concerning
• June 2021 E-Newsletter - SARS-CoV-2 Next Gen-Sequencing
• May 2021 Inaugural E-Newsletter - Prospective on 2020


• 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)
  • NPHL Updates
  • Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests Used as Screening Tools During an Outbreak of the 2009 Novel Influenza Virus: The Nebraska Experience
  • Respiratory Infection Control: Respirators vs. Surgical Masks
  • What's in a Name?  Taxonomic Overview of the Genus Elizabethkingia
  • Checklist Updates from the Laboratory Accreditation Program Audioconference
  • Meet our new NPHL State Training Coordinator, Karen Stiles
  • Human Metapneumovirus in Nebraska

• Summer 2008 Newsletter (complete)
• NPHL Updates
• The Biological Significance of Bacterial Biofilm
• Resistance in Gram Negative Rods: KPC
• What's in a Name?  The Genus Citrobacter
• Scottsbluff's RWMC Laboratory Moves to ELR
• Meet the Laboratorian - Susan Simmons
• Is an Exercise Coming to Your Facility?

• Strategic Meeting of the 10 Mid-America Alliance State Public Health Laboratory Directors 

• Winter 2007 Newsletter (complete)
• NPHL Updates
• Community-Acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA)
• Meet the Laboratorian – Gregory Post, Ph.D.
• New Strategies for Achieving Uniformity for Test Orders and Results
• Recent Article on Laboratory Acquired Infections
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Salmonella Isolates from Nebraska, 2006
• Dr. Iwen Earns Important National Certification

• Spring 2007 Newsletter (complete)
  • NPHL Updates
  • Shiga Toxin Testing Recommendations
  • Meet the Laboratorian – Jolene Smith
  • Syphilis Testing Update
  • Salmonella Serotypes in Nebraska for 2006
  • Isolate Banking at NPHL

• Fall 2006 Newsletter (complete)
  • NPHL Updates
  • Arsenic Testing at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
  • Quantification of Interferon Production for Investigating TB Exposure
  • Reporting the Identification of a Select Agent or Toxin in a Clinical or Diagnostic Laboratory: Revised APHIS/CDC Form 4
  • NPHL Goes to Thailand
  • HOT TOPICS
  • Acinetobacter baumannii: A Dangerous Pathogen Emerges
  • Meet the Laboratorian - Lois Carmody
  • Bioterrorism/Chemical Terrorism Procedures on www.nphl.org

• Summer 2005 Newsletter (complete)
  • Special Pathogens and the Select Agent Rule
  • Reporting the Identification of a Select Agent or Toxin in a Clinic or Diagnostic Laboratory
• Bioterrorism/Chemical Terrorism Procedures on www.nphl.org
• Meet the Laboratorian(s) - Don Giger and Anita Young
• Make Your Own Freeze Media

• Spring 2005 Newsletter (complete)
  • The Impact of Molecular Testing on Public Health
• Identification of Microbial Pathogens Using Nucleic Acid Sequencing
• 2005 Symposia Series
• Revisiting the 2002 Group B Streptococcal Disease Guidelines
• Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE): The Molecular Epidemiologists Tool
• Meet the Laboratorian - Keith Beardshear
• Mycobacterium nebraskense, a Newly Recognized Slow Growing Opportunistic Pathogen
• New Information System Developed for The Public Health Laboratory: ™

          

• Fall 2004 Newsletter (complete)
  • Raising the Bar for Diagnostic Capabilities
• Bordetella pertussis
• Veterinarian Joins NHHSS
• Training Opportunities from Your Computer-Introducing NE.TRAIN
• The Waxing and Waning of West Nile Virus Activity in Nebraska … A Tale of Two Seasons
• Meet the Laboratorian - Major Lucia More
• Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus epidermidis (VISE) Isolated in Omaha

• Summer 2004 Newsletter (complete)
  • NPHL: Continuing the Focus on Education
• NPHL West Nile Virus Testing Methodology
• Bioterrorism Symposia, 2004       
• Federal Policy Changes Impact Foreign Healthcare Workers
• Norovirus: An Infectious Cause of Montezuma's Revenge
• Third Case of VRSA Isolated in the United States Prompting Changes in Screening Methods
• New Protocols/Procedures Page on www.nphl.org  
• Dr. Duane Boline, Kansas Public Health Laboratory Director, Visits NPHL          
• Meet the Laboratorian - Rosa Crook

• Winter 2003 Newsletter (complete)
  • NPHL Newsletter Introduction
• WNV Testing Wrap-Up
• Influenza 2003
• Lactoferrin Stool WBC Test
• Preparing for the Possibility of SARS
• Update Salmonella serotyping
• Meet the Laboratorian
• Introducing STATPack

 

• Summer 2003 Newsletter  (complete)
  • Connecting to the Front Lines of Public Health
• Understanding Vancomycin-intermediate (VISA) and Vancomycin-resistant (VRSA) Staphylococcus aureus
• Select Agents and Toxins-What is the Role of the Clinical Laboratory
• West Nile Virus Laboratory Issues
• NPHL Bioterrorism Testing Update
• Laboratory Assessment
• On the Road Again
• Shipping Infectious Substances to NPHL

• Winter 2002 Newsletter (complete)
  • Newsletter Introduction
• New NCCLS Interpretive Standards For Streptococcus pneumoniae
• NPHL Investigates Specimen Integrity in Urine STD Screening
• Testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• www.nphlweb.unmc.edu

• Spring 2002 Newsletter (complete)
  • The Front Lines of Public Health
• Banking of Isolates for Epidemiological Purposes
• Community Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nebraska
• Histoplasmosis in Nebraska
• New Screening Method for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• NPHL Arbovirus Surveillance Activities
• NPHL Investigates Effects of Sterilizing Irradiation on Newborn Screening Tests
• Salmonella Serotyping in Nebraska 2001

• Spring 2001 Newsletter (complete)
• The NPHL Takes to the Road
• Lead Testing and Public Health Lead Screening Program
• NPHL Arbovirus Surveillance Activities
• NPHL Bioterrorism Preparedness Laboratory Update
• Regulation and Licensure Update for Reporting and Control of Communicable Diseases
• Salmonella Serotyping Underway

• Spring 2000 Newsletter (complete)
  • Role of NPHL in Responding to Bioterrorism
• Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) Fact Sheet
• Medical Technologist Named to New Position
• Role of NPHL in Responding to Bioterrorism Detail
• Suspected Anthrax Case in Lincoln

 

• Fall 1999 Newsletter (complete)

• Introduction
• Rubella Outbreak in Douglas County, Nebraska
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods

• Spring 1999 Newsletter (complete)
  • Bioterrorism Multidrug Resistant Salmonella in Nebraska
• Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis
• New National Laboratory Training Network Coordinator Named
• Preliminary Influenza Report 1998-1999

• Fall 1998 Newsletter (complete)
  • Introduction
• EHEC Surveillance Study Update
• Hantavirus in Nebraska Tick-Borne Diseases
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus

• Spring 1998 Newsletter (complete)
  • Introduction
• Campylobacter Enteritis
• Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Prevalence Study
• Escherichia coli O157:H7
• Identification of Inactive E. coliSalmonella Typing

• Winter 1997 Newsletter (complete)
  • Introduction
• Asian Flu is for the Birds
• B-lactam resistance in the Enterobacteriaceae
• Burkholderia cepacia
• Health Risk of Common Bats
• Laboratory Diagnosis Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections