Forms Required:
NPHL Test Request Form (completed in entirety). It must accompany the specimen to include the following information: symptoms and date of onset, pregnancy status, travel, and vaccine history. Testing will not be performed without all required information. Jim demo purpose
Please call NPHL Client Services at (402) 559-2440 or toll free at (800) 334-0459 for further clarification.
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| Test: |
Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Contact the NPHL emergency pager (402) 888-5588 for guidance if Burkholderia pseudomallei cannot be ruled out in the laboratory
- Perform only required LRN protocol to rule out and refer potentially hazardous pathogens according to LRN-B guidlines
- NPHLBenchGuide_FINAL20131221.pdf
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| Synonym: |
- Meliodosis
- Whitmore's disease
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| Method: |
CDC Laboratory Response Network approved methods |
| Availability: |
- Test performed Monday-Friday
- Turnaround time 1-7 days
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| Specimen: |
- Isolates
- Clinical Specimens (blood, serum, bone marro, fbody fluids, tissues)
- Environmental Samples
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| Collection Device: |
- Isolate on media slant or plate
- Seal with Parafilm™ or tape
- Test subject to CLIA regulations and requires patient identifiers on container and requisition forms
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| Volume: |
- Requested volume for liquid clinical samples: 1 mL
- Minimum volume for liquid clinical samples: 0.5 mL
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| Storage/Transport: |
- Category A packaging according to DOT and IATA Category A UN2815 guidlenes
- Category A packages can only be transported by a Category A certified courier
- https://www.nphl.org/index.cfm/specimen-packaging-shipping/
- NUlirt packing list or appropriate paperwork (completed in entirety) must accompany specimen
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| Unacceptable: |
Leaking container, inapproprate specimen type, insufficient volume |
| Specimen Stability: |
- Stable at ambient air 15-25 °C
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| Reportable Disease: |
- Report positive Burkolderia pseudomallei immediately to local or state health department.
- Refer to Nebraska DHHS Title 173, Communicable Diseases.
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| Comments: |
Contact NPHL emergency pager before sending specimen (402) 888-5588 |
| Revised: |
3/13/2024 |
If you have questions about proper specimen collection, please call
NPHL Client Services at (402) 559-2440 or toll free at (800) 334-0459.
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