News

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

Manual

• MA DPH State Laboratory Manual of Tests and Services (PDF)  file size 2MB
  Fifth Edition (May 2011)
  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.)

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This information is provided by the Bureau of Laboratory Sciences within the Department of Public Health.