| Patient Preparations: |
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| Specimen Requirements: |
Clean-catch urine sample in a sterile container; mid-day collection or a 24-hour collection of urine preferred. |
| Specimen Handling & Transport: |
Ambient temperature |
| Collection Kit/Container: |
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| Collection Instructions: |
Unpreserved urine specimens must be received or preserved in formalin within 24 hours of last collection. |
| Unacceptable Conditions: |
Unpreserved urine specimen received >24 hours after (last) collection cannot be accepted for this test. |
| Requisition Form: |
CDD Requisition Form A
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| Required Information: |
Patient history is critical for diagnosis. Patient history submitted should include any foreign travel, any prophylaxis or treatment received, clinical symptoms, compromised immune status and prior parasite infection if applicable.
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. |