Lab Testing

Information on programs serving the public:

• Drinking Water testing – The Lab provides various kinds of tests to assess the quality of your drinking water. These tests are available to the public and to municipality and other water system administrators.
• Environmental Water testing - The Lab offers tests that assess the quality and health for swim, irrigation and surface waters.
• Home Radon testing – The Lab recommends testing your home for radon in the air through at least part of a heating season. We offer long-, medium- and short-term test kits. Radon in water testing is also available.
• Rabies testing – When preapproved by the State Public Health Veterinarian, the public may send in animals for rabies testing. 

Information for health care providers on available clinical testing:

• Bacteriology – Bordetella, Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, E. coli, Chlamydia, Gonorrhoeae, Brucella, Syphilis, and more
• Blood Lead – Pediatric testing
• Mycology and Mycobacteriology – Tuberculosis and fungi testing
• Parasitology – Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Giardia, Pinworms, and more
• Virology – Influenza, Norovirus, Hepatitis, HIV, Measles, and more

Surveillance testing that assures the health and safety of Vermonters:

• Biological, Chemical and Radiological Threats - serves  as a reference laboratory for the identification and investigation of suspect biothreat, chemical threat, and radiological threat agents.
• Environmental Testing -  performs bacteria testing on swim water, investigates suspected legionella outbreaks, and tests environmental samples for naturally occurring and man-made radioactive materials including monitoring Vermont Yankee.
• Food Testing - tests for foodborne pathogens during a suspected outbreak, including norovirus and salmonella and more.

Our Lab's Certifications

• CLIA Certificate
• NH ELAP Certificate
• ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Certificate