Public Health Laboratory: Preparedness Testing Forms and Procedures

BIOTERRORISM

The Delaware Public Health Laboratory has prepared specimen collection guidelines for bacteria or viruses that might be used in a bioterrorism event. These guidelines will be updated as changes are made or more information becomes available.

Shipping and Collection procedures and forms, as well as contact information, are available below.

Specimen Collection Procedures for Identification of Bioterrorism Organisms
Request for Preparedness Testing
Test Requisition Form for submitting routine clinical specimens
DPH Field Screening
DPH Chain of Custody
CDC Specimen Submission (or DASH) Form
Biological Terrorism Event Shipping Instructions
Acceptable/Unacceptable Preparedness Testing Samples

CHEMICAL PREPAREDNESS

The Delaware Public Health Laboratory has prepared specimen collection guidelines for chemical materials that might be used in a chemical exposure event. These guidelines will be updated as changes are made or more information becomes available.

Shipping and Collection procedures and forms, as well as contact information, are available below.

Visit the Biological and Chemical Terrorism Sample Collection and Containment Kit page for explicit instructions on site assessment.

Visit the Laboratory Preparedness Advisory Committee (LPAC) page for forms and documents from the LPAC meetings.

Return to Delaware Public Health Laboratory page.

Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. A free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded directly from Adobe . If you are using an assistive technology unable to read Adobe PDF, please either view the corresponding text only version (if available) or visit Adobe's Accessibility Tools page.


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	Last Updated: Monday March 19 2012