| Patient Preparations: |
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| Specimen Requirements: |
Swab of lesion or eschar in sterile saline or bacterial transport medium; tissue; positive blood culture bottle; sputum; or isolated colony |
| Specimen Handling & Transport: |
Transport to laboratory as soon as possible. Notify WSLH before shipping. Store specimens at refrigerated temperature (2-8 degree C) and ship with frozen cool pack. Ship blood culture bottles at room temperature. |
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| Collection Instructions: |
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| Unacceptable Conditions: |
Formalinized tissue and specimens in viral transport media are unacceptable for B. anthracis culture. |
| Requisition Form: |
CDD Requisition Form A
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| Required Information: |
Please include all pertinent clinical information and exposure history.
Laboratory regulations require the following minimum information to be provided on the requisition form for a specimen to be accepted for testing: Patient name or unique identifier; date and time of collection, patient date of birth and sex, specimen type/site of collection, test request(s), clinician name and UPIN, and address for reporting results. Please be certain that name/identifier on the form matches that on the specimen label. |