Malaria Alert:returning Travelers From Malaria Transmission Area
12 January 2011
It is currently the malaria season in Southern Africa and many travelers will have been exposed during their recent holidays. Each year,...
Building Capacity To Fight Hospital-acquired Infection
Hospital-acquired infections are an issue of increasing concern in South Africa and throughout the world. The ability of the NHLS to contribute to the...
SA Students Vote NHLS An Ideal Employer 2010
The annual Magnet IDEAL Employer award ceremony, which took place on Thursday, 2 December 2010 at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, saw rank outsider...
Rabies Alert Still In Effect
A two-year-old Johannesburg child was recently confirmed to have died of rabies after being scratched by an unvaccinated domestic puppy.
The disease was also confirmed...
Food Scare
Food-borne diseases like E. co//and salmonella have become more prevalent in the past few decades as food moves aroun the globe s with most...
Your Health Is In Your Hands
15 October 2010
TODAY, Friday 15 October 2010, is Global Handwashing Day, which highlights how the regular practise of this simple hygiene habit could help...
Science, engineering and technology…
South Africa leads the rest of Africa in Science, engineering and technology. In April this year, ahead of the football madness, Reuters published its...
NHLS acquires state-of-the-art HIV assay
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics launched the Combo-HIV assay to it major customers, including the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), at the company’s Johannesburg offices. The...
Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 Update
24 August 2009
As of the 24th August 2009, there have been 5118 laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A H1N1 (2009) in South Africa....
Compensation Systems For Occupational Diseases
There are two compensation systems in South Africa which are governed by two different statutes: the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA)...