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Manual of Laboratory Tests and Services

Open DOCX file, 205.38 KB,  Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory Manual of Laboratory Tests and Services (English, DOCX 205.38 KB)

ELR Request Form

Open DOCX file, 500.6 KB,  ELR Access Request Form (English, DOCX 500.6 KB)

Submitting providers can request to receive SPHL data electronically

Flu testing

Flu Testing at the State Public Health Laboratory 

Reportable Diseases

Reportable Diseases 

For Clinical Laboratories: list of mandatory submission of select isolates and clinical specimens to State Public Health Laboratory

Instructions for Packaging and Shipping Specimens

Open PDF file, 8.85 MB,  Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory LRN Sentinel Laboratory Blue Book 2018 (English, PDF 8.85 MB)
Open DOCX file, 41.02 MB,  Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory LRN Sentinel Laboratory Blue Book 2018 (English, DOCX 41.02 MB)

This is a comprehensive reference guide for the sentinel laboratories for specimens specifically related to Bioterrorism Agents. There are also biosafety checklists and guidelines for Packaging and Shipping Division 6.2 Materials.

Open PDF file, 523.06 KB,  Collection, Handling and Transport of Suspect VHF Specimens (English, PDF 523.06 KB)

Checklist for Collection, Handling and Transport of Suspect VHF Specimens to the MASPHL.

Open DOCX file, 244.87 KB,  Collection, Handling and Transport of Suspect VHF Specimens (English, DOCX 244.87 KB)

Checklist for Collection, Handling and Transport of Suspect VHF Specimens to the MASPHL.

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