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Please use the following instructions for collection and transportation of specimens.
- Recommended specimen collection method (order of priority).
- Posterior nasopharyngeal swabs.
- Nasal aspirates and washes
- Use M4 transport tube provided in kit or equivalent viral transport media.
- Do not use calcium alginate swabs.
- Place swabs in M4 transport medium, and do not remove.
- Refrigerate specimens at 2-8°C immediately after collection. DO NOT FREEZE.
- Wrap the specimen in absorbent material, and place into a biohazard bag.
- Ship at cold 4 degrees C on ice packs
- Instructions for collection and shipment.
- Use routine courier service.
- Call for kits: 319/335-4309
- The rapid tests for influenza may not be reliable. Do not culture virus.
- There is no charge.
- Normal turn around time is 24 hours Monday through Friday. This may change with the Public Health Emergency.
- Positive results will be confirmed by CDC, that is for any Influenza A that is unsubtypable.
- For questions: Virology, 319/335-4500.
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