Manual of Lab Tests and Services

News

• Mandatory submission of select isolates and clinical specimens (PDF) | RTF
  For Clinical Laboratories (June 2009)

Manual

• MA DPH State Laboratory Manual of Tests and Services (PDF) | Word 2.3MB 
  Fourth Edition, Volume 1 (December 2008)
  The MA DPH State Laboratory manual includes submission requirements, lab contacts and testing information for:
  • Agents of bioterrorism
  • Sexually transmitted diseases STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc.)
  • Chemical illness/poisoning (arsenic, lead, mercury, PCB, pesticides, etc.)
  • Foodborne illness (enteric pathogens, salmonella, shigella, etc.)
  • Tuberculosis (mycobacteriology, antimicrobial susceptibility, etc.)
  • Viral illness (HIV, mosquito-borne diseases, smallpox, etc.)
  • Vaccine preventable diseases (Haemophilus influenzae, measles, pertussis, etc.)