More than 350 facilities are approved by the department to provide blood services. One and a quarter million blood components are prepared annually. Approximately 90% of the blood is collected at blood centers, with the remainder collected by approximately about a dozen hospitals and a small number of independent facilities.

Informational materials on blood services, including guidelines and recommendations, are developed and made available to the public and to regulated parties as appropriate. The Program monitors errors and accidents involving blood for transfusion.

The New York State Department of Health Physician Office Laboratory Evaluation Program (POLEP), under contract with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is responsible for managing activities related to administration of the federal program implementing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment of 1988 (CLIA) for physician office laboratories (POL) throughout New York.

CLIA federal regulations apply unless the State has enacted laws relating to laboratory requirements that are equal to, or more stringent than, CLIA requirements.

This program regulates the following aspects of alcohol testing as established in 10 NYCRR Part 59:

• Permits individuals to perform blood alcohol analysis and breath alcohol analysis
• Ensures that training agencies fulfill the necessary requirements
• Approves breath alcohol instruments and ignition interlock devices

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Inorganic Analytical Chemistry is a core component of the Laboratory of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry with diverse responsibilities that encompass the measurement of various inorganic contaminants in water, air, solid waste, and food, as well as the analysis of biological tissues and fluids (blood, urine, bone) for toxic metals/metalloids.  The analysis of environmental samples is conducted under appropriate regulatory standards: NYS DOH ELAP – Lab ID 10762: NELAP – E37911; and EPA Lab ID – NY00005, while the analysis of clinical specimens is carried out under 

As the EPA-designated reference laboratory for NY State, the Environmental Organic Chemical Analysis Laboratory analyzes water, soil, and air samples submitted by state agencies and local health departments for a variety of organic environmental contaminants.

Analysis/tests routinely performed:

As the EPA-designated reference laboratory for NY State, the Environmental Biology Laboratory analyzes water samples submitted by state agencies and local health departments for organisms indicative of fecal pollution (thermotolerant coliforms, E. coli, enterococci) and overall water quality (heterotrophic bacteria, total coliforms).  

The Environmental Health Laboratories play a variety of vital emergency response roles: