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Laboratory
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:: Public Health Lab Protocols

:: Select Agent Program

:: Triage and Sampling Techniques

:: Useful Links

Select Agent Program

:: CDC Select Agent Program

Public Health Lab Protocols

:: Anthrax Protocol

:: Botulism Protocol

:: Brucellosis Protocol

:: Plague Protocol

:: Tularemia Protocol

:: Presumptive Bacillus anthracis Identification and Similar Organisms | pdf 72kb

:: Approved Tests for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis in the U.S. Laboratory Response Network

:: Presumptive Brucella spp. Identification and Similar Organisms | pdf 68kb

:: Specimen Collection of Smallpox (vaccinia) Vaccine Virus

:: Smallpox Specimen Collection Guidelines | pdf 120kb

:: Specimen Selection | pdf 304kb

:: Spot Tests of Selected Organisms | pdf 96kb

Triage and Sampling Techniques

:: Specimen Selection | pdf 304kb

Useful Links

:: Laboratory Response Network | pdf 772kb

:: Riverside County Laboratory Services

:: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

 
   
   
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