TEST DIRECTORY/SPECIMEN COLLECTION GUIDELINES

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Click HERE for SPECIMEN COLLECTION GUIDELINES


TEST DIRECTORY

     

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AFB/ Mycobacterium Identification

Antibiotic Resistance Confirmation Test

Bordetella DNA Detection

Chlamydia trachomatis / N. gonorrhoeae DNA

Confirmation of Reportable Disease Isolates

Culture, Aerobic with Gram Stain

Culture, AFB, Blood

Culture, AFB with smear

Culture, Anaerobic and aerobic with Gram Stain

Culture, Blood, Aerobic and Anaerobic

Culture, Bordetella pertussis

Culture, Chlamydia Trachomatis

Culture, Diphtheria

Culture, Fungus Blood

Culture, Fungus-Dermatophyte, Skin

Culture, General Virus

Culture, Gonorrhea Screen

Culture, Hemorrhagic E. coli, Stool

Culture, Herpes Simplex

Culture, Stool; Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Shiga Toxin EIA

Culture, Vibrio

Giardia and Cryptosporidium Antigen Screen

Hepatitis B Core Antibody, Total (IgG, IgM)

Hepatitis B Surface Antibody

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen

Hepatitis C Antibody

HIV-1 RNA Quantitation Ultrasensitive

HIV-1 RNA Quantitation

HIV 1 and HIV 2 Antibody

HIV 1 Antibody Confirmation, Western Blot

Influenza type A and Influenza type B Antigen Detection

Lead, Blood

Mumps Virus Antibody, IgM

Mumps Virus Antibody, IgG

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genotyping

Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA Amplified Direct Detection

NPHL HIV Screening and Confirmation Protocol                                     

Norovirus

Ova & Parasite, Stool, Complete, Foreign Travel

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Direct Antigen Detection

Respiratory Viral Panel

Rubella Antibody, IgG

Salmonella Serotyping

Shiga Toxin DNA Detection

Syphilis IgG

TB Interferon Antigen

Typing, Specific Organism

West Nile Antibody IgG, IgM (Serum or Spinal Fluid)

West Nile Virus Antibody IgM, CSF

Yersinia culture

If you have questions about other tests that are not listed here, please call

NPHL Client Services at 402-559-2440 or toll free at 1-866-290-1406.


SPECIMEN COLLECTION GUIDELINES

 

Basic Specimen Collection Guidelines

Bordetella pertussis Culture and DFA

Bordetella pertussis PCR

Nasopharyngeal Washings

Nose

Sputum

Stool

Throat

Urine

Vomitus

Click HERE to download and print the all Specimen Collection Guideline documents. (updated 8-31-06)

For Further Assistance, Click HERE for Information from the CDC's Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit.

If you have questions about proper specimen collection, please call

NPHL Client Services at 402-559-2440 or toll free at 1-866-290-1406.


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