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Statement of Program Objective
To enhance the effectiveness of other health programs by providing specialized laboratory services to health care
facilities and departmental programs and to various official agencies.
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Program Memoranda Statement
Administers a statewide laboratories program which conducts scientific analysis in support of environmental
health and communicable disease monitoring and control activities. Provides consultative and other related
laboratory services to departmental programs concerned with environmental and sanitation safeguards. Provides
diagnostic and consultative laboratory services to physicians, institutions and various federal, state, county
and city agencies for the diagnosis and control of disease. Evaluates and approves or licenses laboratories,
clinical laboratory personnel and medical review officers. Provides research, investigations and related
laboratory services in the field of public and environmental health. Participates in the national Bioterrorism
Preparedness program which provides new federal funded positions, equipment and supplies to enable the State
Laboratory to respond to chemical terrorism and bioterrorism events including the rapid testing of suspected
bioterrorism agents.
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Representative Analytical Services
Workforce
Your highly trained Hawaii State Laboratories workforce consists of about 100 laboratory professionals and
support staff. We have 5 Ph.D chemists, 2 Ph.D. microbiologists, and a Ph.D. architect serves as building manager.
There are numerous master’s prepared laboatorians, and many hold state & national certifications and licenses.
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Laboratory Credentials
External Proficiency Testing
Location
The State Laboratories Division (SLD) is located at 2725 Waimano Home Road,Pearl City, Hawaii 96782. This site
has been the home of the SLD since 1995.
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Organization
The SLD consists of two branches & one program:
The Environmental Health Analytical Services Branch, Medical Microbiology Branch and Laboratory Emergency
Response Program. Sections specializing in analytical activities are as follows:
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