Public Health Laboratory
The Public Health Laboratory provides testing services for the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and residents of Allegheny and surrounding counties.
The Public Health Laboratory System includes a main Public Health Laboratory, a Sexually Transmitted Disease Laboratory, two drug screening laboratories, and a point-of-care blood lead level testing laboratory.
The Public Health Laboratory System is certified for handling biosafety level 3 pathogens, high-complexity clinical laboratory testing, screening for drugs of abuse, and environmental testing.
Through routine monitoring, the laboratory helps to identify and prevent the uncontrolled spread of infectious diseases and supports many of the Health Department’s programs like Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Food Safety, Immunization, Sexually Transmitted Disease, and Water Pollution Control.
Available Lab Tests
- Animal Specimens for Rabies Testing
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- Hepatitis A Virus Antibody Test
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- Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Test
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- Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Test
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- Herpes Simplex Virus 1 & 2
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- HIV-1/HIV-2 Antibody Differentiation (Confirmatory Immunoassay and HIV RNA Qualitative Test(s) When Indicated
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antigen-Antibody Test
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antigen-Antibody with Reflex Antibody Confirmation and HIV-1/HIV-2 RNA Test Set
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- Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella-zoster (MMRV) Virus IgG Antibody Test
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- Neisseria gonorrheae Chlamydia trachomatis
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- Neisseria gonorrhoeae Smear, Male
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- Sure-Vue RPR and TP-PA Tests
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- Syphilis Serology Reverse Algorithm Test Set
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Laboratory Locations
Public Health Laboratory
3901 Penn Ave., Building 8,
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
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This location serves as the main administrative office and testing facility for the Public Health Laboratory System
Sexually Transmitted Disease Laboratory
Blakey Center
1908 Wylie Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Pittsburgh Drug Screening Laboratory
440 Ross Street, Room 2033
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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McKeesport Drug Screening Laboratory
339 Fifth Avenue
Wander Building
McKeesport, PA 15132
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Point-of Care Blood Lead Screening Laboratory
425 First Avenue
Hartley-Rose Building, 4th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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