Specimen Transport Information

The following specimen kits are furnished free of charge upon request. Click here to order kits

1. CHLAMYDIA/GC AMPLIFIED PROBE – Gen-Probe® UNISEX Swab Specimen Collection Kits and Gen-Probe® Urine Specimen Collection Kits.

2. CHLAMYDIA DFA – Slide collection kits.

3. ENTERIC PATHOGENS - Amies transport medium in screw cap tube.

4. FUNGUS CULTURES - Saboraud's agar slants in screw cap tubes.

5. INFLUENZA - Viral Culturettes™.

6. MYCOBACTERIA (Tuberculosis) - One plastic 30 ml container (no preservative) for sputa and other body fluids. Ship mycobacteria specimens in coolers with ice packs.

7. PARASITES - One ounce containers with preservative for stool specimens.

8. PERTUSSIS CULTURE – Collection kits available from the North Dakota Public Health Laboratory.

9. REFERENCE CULTURES - Send on solid tubed media. Do not send plates of actively growing organisms.  If tubed cultures are not available, a portion of growth can be cut out of an agar plate and placed in a sterile screw top water-tight container for referral.

10. SEROLOGY - Mailing containers only.

11. SMALLPOX/VACCINIA SHIPPERS – Collection devices and instructions are included in UN certified Category A Infectious Substance Mailers. Call the NDPHL for assistance.

12. SPECIAL CULTURES - Contact laboratory for instructions.

13. TRANSPORT MEDIA - Amies transport media in screw cap tubes for transporting aerobic bacterial specimens.

14. VIRAL CULTURES - Viral Culturettes™ (Hank's Balance Salt Solution).

15. WATER EXAMINATION - Sterile 100 ml container for bacteriological analysis of water.