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Milwaukee Health Department
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Keenan Health Center
Have you ever wondered what your public health laboratory does to protect your community? Check out this "What is a public health laboratory?" video produced by the Association of Public Health Laboratories.
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The national public health laboratory system is tasked with accomplishing the following core functions as part of its organizational capacity:
Disease Prevention, Control and Surveillance
Integrated Data Management
Reference and Specialized Testing
Environmental Health and Protection
Food Safety
Laboratory Improvement and Regulation
Policy Development
Emergency Response
Public Health Related Research
Training and Education
Partnerships and Communication
To continue to provide quality service, to both internal and external customers of our public health laboratory in response to dynamic epidemiological variables and to be responsive to the changing demands of the health community.
To assist the Department in guarding the public health by providing quality laboratory services for monitoring acute and chronic diseases and the environment through assessment, surveillance, epidemiology and dissemination of information.