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Our migrant program works with a number of organizations to provide services for Michigan’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Low-income Households Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP)
A federal program which helps persons admitted into the U.S. as refugees to become self-sufficient after their arrival.
Universal caseload, or task-based processing, is a different way of handling public assistance cases.
The Michigan Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board administers state and federal funding for domestic violence shelters and advocacy services, develops and recommends policy, and develops and provides technical assistance and training.
Information about injury and violence prevention programs in Michigan
Information on Safe Sleep for your baby, how to protect your baby's life.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) Division of Environmental Health (DEH) uses the best available science to reduce, eliminate, or prevent harm from environmental, chemical, and physical hazards.
Resources and information to assist in assuring firearm safety for families in the state of Michigan.
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Protect MiFamily -Title IV-E Waiver
Offers resources for agencies who operate the Weatherization Assistance Program in the state of Michigan
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Broadcast communications are sent via e-mail by the Division of Infectious Diseases to all level A laboratories with microbiology departments in order to update the practice of clinical microbiology in Michigan laboratories. They are in PDF format and require an Acrobat Reader to view.
As published in the March 2014 NHSN newsletter, CDC has become aware of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates which tested resistant to carbapenams but susceptble to aztreonam.
Full announcement.
added 4/24/2014
During the past week, CDC was notified of appartent isolations of Listeria from unusual specimen sources and un-inoculate media. Update #1- added 5/16/2014
The Bureau of Laboratories is pleased to announce the appointment of Janice Matthews-Greer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), as the Virology Section Manager in the Bureau of Laboratories. Dr. Matthews- Greer comes to MDCH from the Louisiana State University Health Science Center at Shreveport where she served as the Director of Diagnostic Virology for 10 years and held appointments as Professor of Research in Pediatrics and Professor of Clinical Pathology. She is certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Microbiology with a specialty in Medical Virology and Public Health and is active in the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) serving as a Council Representative At Large, on the ASM Professional Affairs Committee, and as an ASM Branch Lectureship Speaker. Dr. Matthews-Greer is also an accomplished researcher with over 36 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 77 abstracts presented at local, national and international meetings. Please feel free to contact her regarding any issues related to Virology and laboratory testing. She can be reached at 517-335-8099.
added 4/28/2014
The testing algorithm for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) will be changing as of November 1, 2013.
HCV testing will now consist of two tests, a serologic screening test and a molecular test.
The serologic screening test detects the presence of antibody to HCV, but does not differentiate between past infection, current infection, or possible false-positive results. Specimens with demonstrable antibody to HCV will automatically be tested by the molecular test for Hepatitis C viral RNA. The presence of Hepatitis C viral RNA confirms current HCV infection.
It is critical for the molecular test that specimens are kept cold (or frozen) until testing is performed. Specimens must be transported at 2 to 8 ºC or colder. Any specimen that is not cold when received at the MDCH laboratory will be screened for antibody to HCV, but antibody-positive specimens will be reported as unsatisfactory for molecular testing.
See the full announcement.
added 10/17/2013
A recent cluster of Vibrio parahaemolyticus cases has prompted CDC to request Vibrio isolates be sent to state public health laboratories
MDCH Test Request Form
Influenza Testing
See the MDHHS Laboratory Influenza Page for a complete list of documents available for influenza testing and surveillance.
Influenza Surveillance Report
August 2013
June 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
October 2012
August 2012
Rev.08/22/2016