āTest āāāāāMāāāeāthāoāāāādāāāologāyā
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āāNext Generation Sequencingā
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āReflex Testing
Criteria
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āNone
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āPre-Aāpproval Requiredāā
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āYes.ā Please contact MDL at MDL.Submissioāns@CDPHā.ca.gov ā
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āSuppālemental Information and Required Form(s)ā
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āāTest Request Form for Cyclospora Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing (TADS). The submission form will be shared once shipment is approved.āā
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āRequirāed Specimen Type(s)ā
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āāStool specimen submitted either in a Cary Blair or at least 3 aliquots in 2 mL sterile microcentrifuge tubes. Please secure top of container/ tubes with parafilm to avoid leakage during transport.
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āMinimum Volume Required
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If submitted in microcentrifuge tube, 2 mL.
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āSpecimen Stabilityā
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4āĀ°C up to 15 days
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āāRejection Criteriaā
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āāSpecimens collected in
Formalin will be rejected
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Storage/Transportā
Conditionsāā
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ā4āĀ°C, ā-20Ā°C or other (please indicate on Test Request Form)
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āTransport Medium,ā
if applicableā
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āCary-Blair modified media or VTM (Viral Transport Media)āā
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āāSpeācimen Labelingā
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āāContaining patient identifiers: name, DOB, and collection date
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āShipping Instructions and Specimen Handling Requirementsā
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āāāāāSpecimen(s) should be shipped according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations for biological specimens.āā
Ship to: California Departāment of Public Healthā
Microbial Diseases Laboratory ā
ATTN: āāMolecular Characterization Unitāā
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Specimen Receiving Room B106
Richmond, CA 94804
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āSpecāāimen Collection Instructions, if applicable
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āNot Applicable
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āTurnaround Time
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āāNot Applicableā
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āāInterferences & Limitationsā
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Noneā |
āReference Rangeā
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āāNot Applicableāāāā |
āAdditional Informationā
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āNone
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āāMDL Point of Contactā
| āMDL - Molecular Characterization Unit
Phone: (510) 412-3940, MāF PST.ā
Email MDL.Submissions@CDPH.ca.gov
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