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LifeBridge Health - Department of Pathology
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
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NOTE: The following collection instructions are from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's internet site. Packaging information is from the CDC internet site. Personal Protective Equipment and Precautions required are not addressed in these instructions. Sinai's safety precautions should be strictly adhered to during collection and packaging of any sample considered to contain a bioterrorist associated organism or agent.
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Collection
Laboratory Confirmation of Diagnosis should be performed by the state public health laboratory or the CDC.
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Appropriate clinical samples for testing at public health laboratories include: blood, sputum or tracheal washings, needle aspirate(s) from swollen lymph nodes, and CSF
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Transport and packaging of clinical specimens must be coordinated with local and state health departments
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Public health laboratories have the capacity to report preliminary results within 4 hours while laboratory confirmation may take days.
http://ideha.dhmh.md.gov/IDEHASharedDocuments/botulism.pdf accessed May 16, 2011.
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