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Date	Labstract title	Lab ID
January 2007	Acid-fast bacilli (AFB): change in reporting the enumeration of AFB in smears	(LAB-SD-018-000)
November 2006	Anaerobic culture	(LAB-SD-012-000)
October 2009	Antifungal drug susceptibility testing - yeast	(LAB-SD-061-000)
November 2010	Arthropod identification services	(LAB-SD-023-001)
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)
May 2011	Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae SCG	(LAB-SD-004-003)
May 2011	Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae - sensitivity	(LAB-SD-005-003)
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)
July 2010	CLSI M100-S20 Enterobacteriaceae susceptibility- Cephalosporins and Carbapenems Breakpoint Revisions	(LAB-SD-066-000)
October 2011	Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas Taqman HIV 1 Qual Test - New test for HIV1 PCR Change in Testing Methodology/Sample Submission	(LAB-SD-074-000)
June 2011	Coxiella burnetii, Brucella Spp. and Francisella tularensis - Changes in serological testing algorithms	(LAB-SD-077-000)
January 2012	Dengue fever - interpreting serology results (Updated)	(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)
October 2011	Implementation of multiplex assay for detection of carbapenemase activity in the Enterobacteriaceae	(LAB-SD-075-000)
October 2011	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viral Testing for 2011-2012	(LAB-SD-070-001)
May 2011	Influenza and other Respiratory Viral Testing for Spring and Summer 2011	(LAB-SD-076-000)
April 2009	KPC, a newly emerging carbapenemase	(LAB-SD-052-000)
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)
June 2011	Measles PCR - Addition to Testing menu at PHO Laboratories	(LAB-SD-079-000)
July 2011	Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) - Susceptibility Testing Update	(LAB-SD-083-000)
March 2008	N. meningitidis - criteria for nucleic acid amplification testing	(LAB-SD-028-000)
June 2011	Non 0157 Shiga Toxin Producing E coli (STEC) Laboratory Testing Guidelines	(LAB-SD-081-000)
August 2010	Norovirus outbreak testing	(LAB-SD-016-001)
May 2006	Ontario Newborn Screening Program - enhanced	(LAB-SD-009-000)
September 2011	Ova and parasites - A change to the Public Health Laboratories (PHL) stool collection kit	(LAB-SD-071-001)
March 2007	Pandemic / avian influenza is suspected - specimen collection and transportation guidelines	(LAB-SD-015-000)
September 2007	Parasitology - Clinical Information requirements	(LAB-SD-024-000)
June 2008	Parvovirus B19 - interpreting serology results	(LAB-SD-036-000)
June 2011	Parvovirus B19 IgG and IgM serology – Change in testing methodology	(LAB-SD-080-000)
May 19, 2011	PHL Contingency Plan for Canada Post Strike
July 2010	Public Health Laboratories Implement A New Screening Test for HIV -1/2	(LAB-SD-065-000)
September 2010	Public Health Laboratories Implement New Viral Load Test for HIV1	(LAB-SD-069-000)
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)
March 2011	Toxoplasma gondii IgG serology - Change in screen testing methodology	(LAB-SD-048-000)
May 2010	Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Update	(LAB-SD-064-001)
August 2010	Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Update – Second-line Drug Susceptibility Testing of M.tuberculosis	(LAB-SD-067-000)
August 2010	Tuberculosis (TB) and Mycobacteriology Laboratory Update – New Test for the Rapid Detection of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC)	(LAB-SD-068-000)
January 2010	Updated OAHPP Laboratory General Test Requisition Form now available	(LAB-SD-019-001)
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-046-000)
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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