State Health Laboratory Sites and Testing Information

How to Use This Information

1. Locate the desired test. * Tests marked with a single asterisk are performed in both laboratories.
2. Determine the appropriate laboratory for the desired test (see service maps).
3. Please remit the specimen to the designated laboratory.
4. Note: All hand-delivered tests (i.e., rabies & water specimens) may be delivered to the nearest laboratory.

Central Laboratory

Phone: 334-290-6130 | Fax: 334-285-6642
Shipping: 204 Legends Court, Prattville, AL 36066-7893
Mailing: P.O. Box 1000, Prattville, AL 36067-9901

For tests performed at both laboratories, the Central Laboratory performs testing for the following counties:

• Northeastern District (Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega)
• Northern District (Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston)
• East Central District (Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Russell, Tallapoosa)
• Jefferson County

Mobile Division Laboratory

Phone: 251-344-6049 | Fax: 251-344-6895
757 Museum Drive, Mobile, AL 36608

For tests performed in both laboratories, the Mobile Laboratory performs testing for the following counties:

• Mobile County
• West Central District (Bibb, Chilton, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker)
• Southeastern District (Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike)
• Southwestern District (Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia, Marengo, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox)

Tests Performed at the Central Laboratory

Clinical Chemistry

• Chemical Terrorism (Law Enforcement)
• Chemistries
• Clinical Blood Lead
• Environmental Lead
• Hematology (CBC)
• Hepatitis A (Ab)
• Hepatitis B (Ab & Ag)
• Hepatitis C (Ab & Viral Load)
• HIV Viral Load (PCR)
• Lymphocyte Subset (CD4)

Microbiology

• Bioterrorism samples (FBI consultation required)
• Enterics
• Foods (Outbreaks only) with associated clinical specimens
• Parasitology (Includes malaria smears, pinworms)
• Rabies**
• Reference cultures
• Arbovirus (Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya)
• Bordetella pertussis
• Ebola
• Gastrointestinal panel (Outbreaks only)
• Haemophilus influenza typing
• Neisseria meningitidis typing
• Influenza typing
• Measles (Requires approval from Immunizations)
• Norovirus (Outbreaks only)
• Plasmodium
• Respiratory panel (Outbreaks only at request of ID&O)
• SARS CoV-2

Mycobacteriology & Mycotics

• Mycobacteriology (TB)
• Mycology

• Amino Acid Disorders
• Biotinidase
• CAH
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Fatty Acid Disorders
• Galactosemia
• Hemoglobinopathies
• Hypothyroid (T4 & TSH)
• Lysosomal Storage Disorders
• Organic Acid Disorders
• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease (SCID)
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Sanitary Bacteriology

• Drinking Water***
• Fluoride
• Milk (Dairy)

STD

• CT/GC/TV*
• HIV Screening, HIV-1/HIV-2 Differential Assay & HIV-1 RNA
• Syphilis Serology (Screening*, RPR* & TPPA*)

Tests Performed at Mobile Laboratory

Clinical

• CT/GC/TV*
• Syphilis Serology (Screening, RPR* & TPPA*)
• Urine culture

Environmental

• Drinking Water***
• Environmental Waters (fecal coliform, E. coli, fecal Strep, and Enterococcus)
• Growing Water Testing (Shellfish Testing)
• Phytoplankton Analysis
• Rabies**
• Recreational Water (Enterococcus)

Notes

** All rabies specimens shipped from the Mobile, Southwestern, and Southeastern Districts will be tested at the Mobile Laboratory. Specimens shipped from all other Districts will be tested at the Prattville Laboratory. Providers who are hand-delivering these specimens may take them to the laboratory nearest to them (as described in number four above).

*** All water specimens should be brought to the appropriate, assigned laboratory for testing except as described in number four above. If mailing, check with an appropriate shipping service to ensure delivery within 30 hours of collection time.

Notes for Rabies Specimens

All rabies specimens shipped from the Southwestern, Southeastern, and Mobile districts will be tested at the Mobile laboratory. Specimens shipped from all other districts will be tested at the Prattville laboratory. Providers who are hand-delivering these specimens may take them to the laboratory nearest to them.