Public Health & Environmental Laboratories

Air Surveillance and Analysis Section

• Carbon Monoxide
• Lead
• Nitrogen Dioxide
• Ozone
• Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5)
• Special Monitoring:
  • New Year Fireworks
  • VOG (volcanic haze)
  • Agricultural Burns (sugarcane)
  • Geothermal (Hydrogen Sulfide)
• Sulfur Dioxide

Biological Response Section

• 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR (SARS-CoV-2/COVID19)
• Angiostrongylus cantonensis
• Antiviral resistance by pyrosequencing
• Avian influenza – birds
• Bacillus anthracis
• Bacterial 16S sequencing
• Brucella species
• Burkholderia species
• Chikungunya Virus IgM Capture ELISA
• Chikungunya Virus PCR
• Dengue PCR (LPRB)
• Ebola Zaire (EZ1) PCR_EUA Assay
• Food pathogen testing by BAM methods
• Food pathogen testing by FERN methods
• Francisella tularensis
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
• Non-Influenza Respiratory Virus
• Norovirus rti RT-PCR and sequencing
• Orthopoxviruses; Vaccinia & Smallpox
• Plasmodium spp. (falciparum, malariae, ovale, and vivax)
• Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)
  • Escherichia coli including E.coli O157:H7
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Salmonella
  • Shigella
  • Vibrio cholera
• Ricin toxin
• Rule Out, Refer, Confirm BT Agents for LRN Sentinel Laboratories
• Staphylococcus Enterotoxins (A, B, C, D & E)
• Swine influenza – pigs
• Trioplex (Zika, Dengue, CHIK) Real-Time RT-PCR
  • Fact Sheets
• Vaccine Preventable Diseases
  • Influenza
  • Measles rti PCR
  • Mumps rti PCR
  • Pertussis
  • VZV
• West Nile Virus
  • Horse
  • Mosquito pools
  • rti RT-PCR
  • Serology
• Yersinia pestis
• Zika Virus MAC-ELISA
  • Fact Sheets
• Zika Virus PCR

Bacteriology and Parasitology Section

• Aerobic Bacteria Identification
• Anaerobic Bacteria Identification
• Blood Parasite Identification
• Corynebacterium diphtheriae identification
• Enteric Bacterial Culture for Culture-Independent Diagnostic Testing (CIDT)
• Enteric bacterial pathogens
• Infant Botulism testing
• Intestinal Parasite Identification
• Legionella Culture
• Leptospira Culture
• Leptospira serology (IgM)
• Leptospira serology (IgG; performed at Kauai District Lab)
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility
• Pertussis Culture
• Pertussis PCR
• Post Mortem Culture
• Syphilis serology (Blood)
  
• Syphilis serology (CSF)

Chemical Response Section

• Chemical warfare agents and their metabolites in human specimens
• Melamine and other toxic chemicals in food
• Mercury, arsenic and other toxic metals in human specimens
• Volatile Organic Compounds in human specimens

Drinking Water Section

• Inorganic Anions
• Pesticide and Herbicide analysis
• Trace Metals
• Volatile Organic Compounds
• Disinfection By Products

Environmental Microbiology Water Unit

• Fecal indicators-total and fecal coliforms, E. coli
• Heterotrophic bacteria
• Shellfish growing waters
• Shellfish meats

Food Chemistry

• Pesticides analyses
• Histamine

Neighbor Islands:

• Hawaii District Health Laboratory
  • Leptospira Culture
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• Kauai District Health Laboratory
  • Leptospira Culture
  • Leptospira MAT
• Maui District Health Laboratory
  • SARS-Cov-2/FluAB/RSV
  • Bacterial Culture of Enteric Pathogens

Virology Section

• 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR (SARS-CoV-2/COVID19)
• Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhoeae NAAT
  
• Dengue serology
• Dengue PCR
• Influenza rti RT-PCR
• Respiratory Virus
• Viral Culture

Water Pollution Section

• Monitoring Stream Waters And Coastal Waters For:
  • Ammonia-nitrogen
  • Chlorophyll-a
  • Dissolved Silica
  • Nitrate + Nitrite-Nitrogen
  • Salinity
  • Total Nitrogen
  • Total Phosphorus
  • Total Suspended Solids
  • Turbidity
• Monitoring Wastewaters For:
  • 5-Day biological oxygen demand (BOD)
  • Fluorescein (spill indicator dye)
  • Oil and Grease
  • Select Metals