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Labstracts provide current and additional information about laboratory testing. For more information, you can also call the laboratory helpline at 1-800-640-7221.

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January 2007 Acid-fast bacilli (AFB): change in reporting the enumeration of AFB in smears (LAB-SD-018-000)
October 2008 Amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test (AMTD) - update re testing guidelines (LAB-SD-041-000)
November 2006 Anaerobic culture (LAB-SD-012-000)
October 2009 Antifungal drug susceptibility testing - yeast (LAB-SD-061-000)
September 2007 Arthropod identification services - policy change (LAB-SD-023-000)
January 2007 Blood collection using serum separator tubes (LAB-SD-008-001)
December 2008 Bordetella molecular testing - changes to result reporting (LAB-SD-047-000)
March 2010 Changes in HHV-6 Reference testing at the National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg (LAB-SD-063-000)
June 2009 Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae methodology change in laboratory diagnosis (LAB-SD-060-000)
June 2009 Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae SCG (LAB-SD-004-002)
June 2009 Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae - sensitivity (LAB-SD-005-002)
August 2008 Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae - laboratory testing (LAB-SD-039-001)
November 2008 Clostridium difficile - specimen acceptance and testing during outbreaks (LAB-SD-045-000)
August 2008 Clostridium difficile toxin testing - apecimen acceptance criteria (LAB-SD-002-002)
June 2008 Dengue fever - interpreting serology results (LAB-SD-037-000)
December 2008 Diagnostic interpretation of viral specific IgM and IgG serology (LAB-SD-044-000)
January 2010 Discontinuation of Diphtheria and Tetanus Serology testing at PHL (LAB-SD-040-001)
June 2008 Documentation - criteria for acceptance (LAB-SD-001-003)
February 2007 Entamoeba histolytica/dspar differentiation test (LAB-SD-013-000)
June 2009 Enteric viral cultures (LAB-SD-055-000)
October 2007 Epstein-Barr virus serological testing - revised test menu and interpretive guidelines (LAB-SD-025-001)
August 2007 Fungal blood culture requests (LAB-SD-022-001)
October 2007 Helicobacter pylori serology testing (LAB-SD-026-000)
Febuary 2008 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA testing and interpretation - update (LAB-SD-031-000)
February 2009 Hepatitis C antibody - change in supplementary testing, interpretation, and recommended follow-up testing (LAB-SD-020-001)
February 2008 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA and genotype testing and interpretation - update (LAB-SD-033-000)
April 2008 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) - anti-HCV positive results, next steps (LAB-SD-034-000)
December 2007 Herpes Simplex virus - discontinuation of IgM antibody testing (LAB-SD-027-000)
June 2007 Herpes Simplex virus testing - culture (LAB-SD-021-000)
February 2007 HIV and Hepatitis - testing cadaveric / autopsy / post-mortem specimens (LAB-SD-017-000)
April 2009 Influenza A sub-typing - utilization of real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (LAB-SD-053)
March 2009 Influenza serology by complement fixation - discontinuation of testing (LAB-SD-051-000)
April 2009 KPC, a newly emerging carbapenemase (LAB-SD-052)
March 15, 2010 Listeria monocytogenes testing - specimen collection for foodborne illness (LAB-SD-043-003)
May 2009 Malaria-genotyping of drug resistance markers (LAB-SD-056-000)
May 2009

Malaria realtime PCR

(LAB-SD-054-000)
March 2008 N. meningitidis - criteria for nucleic acid amplification testing (LAB-SD-028-000)
March 2007 Norovirus outbreak testing (LAB-SD-016-000)
April 18, 2006 Nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of M. tuberculosis complex in clinical specimens (LAB-SD-007-000)
May 2006 Ontario Newborn Screening Program - enhanced (LAB-SD-009-000)
March 2007 Pandemic / avian influenza is suspected - specimen collection and transportation guidelines (LAB-SD-015-000)
November 2009 Pandemic influenza A H1N1 (2009) (pH1N1) - update (LAB-SD-062-000)
September 2007 Parasitology - Clinical Information requirements (LAB-SD-024-000)
June 2008 Parvovirus B19 - interpreting serology results (LAB-SD-036-000)
January 2010 Updated OAHPP Laboratory General Test Requisition Form now available (LAB-SD-019-001)
November 2007 Revised general test requisition - update (LAB-SD-029-000)
October 2009 Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) serology testing and interpretation - update (LAB-SD-057-000)
February 2009 Systemic Mycoses - change in specimen submission guidelines (LAB-SD-050-000)
December 2007 S.pneumoniae and fastidious or Infrequently isolated bacteria - susceptibility test method change (LAB-SD-030-000)
December 2005 Susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates (LAB-SD-006-000)
January 2009 Urine viral cultures: changes to testing procedures (LAB-SD-049-000)
November 2008 Viridans group streptococci changes to laboratory identification procedures (LAB-SD-046)
March 2008 West Nile interpretations (LAB-SD-011-002)

Influenza A (H1N1) - Autopsy specimen collection guidelines for microbiology testing prepared for the Office of the Chief Coroner

If you are a pathologist or coroner and would like a copy of the specimen collection guidelines, please call the laboratory helpline at 1-800-640-7221.

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