Michigan's Women, Infants & Children program, providing supplemental nutrition, breastfeeding information, and other resources for healthy mothers & babies.
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Our migrant program works with a number of organizations to provide services for Michigan’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
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.
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Programs for healthy children & families, including immunization, lead poisoning prevention, prenatal smoking cessation, and many others.
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MDHHS and partners support a continuum of prevention services. The continuum is inclusive of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. Visit this page to learn more.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) Environmental Health Bureau (EHB) uses the best available science to reduce, eliminate, or prevent harm from environmental, chemical, and physical hazards.
Information, sources of data and resources to support Firearm Injury Prevention efforts across the state of Michigan.
The Division of Victim Services (DVS) provides a voice advocating for and responding to all victims of crime in Michigan. Learn more about DVS-funded programs and services, including Michigan’s 24/7, free, confidential, and anonymous domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines.
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Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
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Home to an array of public health programs, initiatives and interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of women, infants, families and communities.
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The mission of the Quality Assurance Section is to ensure that quality analytical data is provided which is accurate, reliable, and adequate for its intended purpose within a desirable time frame. The section's ultimate intention is to enable management to monitor and evaluate effectiveness of policies and procedures for quality control, proficiency testing, personnel competency, and patient test management that results in an infallible laboratory operation.
Quality Assurance Section Manager
Contact: Mary Bonifas
517-335-8074
Fax: 517-335-9631
BonifasM@michigan.gov
The Quality Assurance Section directs and coordinates the activities of three units that service all divisions within the Bureau of Laboratories and reports directly to the laboratory director. These three units are Data and Specimen Handling, Laboratory Support, and Quality Control.
Data and Specimen Handling Unit
Contact: Matthew Bashore
517-335-8059
Fax: 517-335-9871
BashoreM@michigan.gov
Laboratory Support Unit
Contact: Jeffery Thalison
517-335-9037
Fax: 517-339-9039
ThalisonJ@michigan.gov
Quality Control Unit
MDHHSLab@michigan.gov
517-335-8859 or 517-335-8585
Fax: 517-335-9631
DATA AND SPECIMEN HANDLING UNIT
The Data and Specimen Handling Unit (DASH) is responsible for receiving, accessioning, and performing data entry on incoming clinical specimens and for distributing completed test result reports.
Comments or questions regarding submitted specimens or result reports may be directed to the DASH Unit at 517-335-8059.
LABORATORY SUPPORT UNIT
The Laboratory Support Unit is responsible for providing the public and Bureau of Laboratories, upon request, clinical specimen mailers in direct support of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' many diversified programs.
For information on specimen submission contact the DASH Unit at 517-335-8059.
QUALITY CONTROL UNIT
The Quality Control Unit is responsible for maintaining the quality control program within the Bureau of Laboratories. Our focus is to assure that the laboratory meets and exceeds guidelines set forth by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment of 2003 for non-waived laboratory testing.
WET MOUNT CONTROL SUSPENSIONS
The Quality Control Unit provides assistance to the Regional Laboratory System in meeting the requirements of CLIA 2003 for waived testing.
The Quality Control Unit will provide to members of the Regional Laboratory System, upon request, a deactivated bacterial and yeast suspension to be used as a control for the microscopic examination of wet mounts.
To order wet mount control suspensions, please contact:
Quality Assurance Section, MDHHSLab@michigan.gov
Phone: (517) 335-8859 or (517) 335-8585
Fax: (517) 335-9631
Rev. 04/18/2025