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Section 2: Surveillance and Laboratory Testing<br />

o All specimens must be shipped "Priority Overnight" and received within 24 hours<br />

via chosen carrier. Confirm that the selected carrier guarantees next day, morning<br />

delivery for diagnostic specimens.<br />

o Prior to shipment of a specimen from a patient with a travel history to a country<br />

with endemic novel influenza or suspected to be infected with a novel influenza<br />

virus, medical providers need to contact the LHD or appropriate NYSDOH<br />

Regional Epidemiologist, who will arrange testing with the Wadsworth Center if<br />

appropriate. Do not send these specimens to the Wadsworth Center without<br />

prior notification.<br />

o Samples should be shipped to:<br />

Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH<br />

Griffin Laboratory<br />

Virus Reference and Surveillance Laboratory<br />

5668 State Farm Road (Route 155)<br />

Slingerlands, NY 12159<br />

• When to ship specimens to Wadsworth Center<br />

At this time the Wadsworth Center laboratory will perform influenza testing<br />

only during regular working hours Monday to Friday. Specimens should therefore<br />

ONLY be shipped Sunday - Thursday so that appropriate laboratory personnel can be<br />

present to accept and process specimens. Samples should not be shipped to arrive on<br />

a public holiday. Arrangements may be made to perform after business hours testing<br />

under unusual circumstances. Please contact the NYSDOH Regional Epidemiologist<br />

and the Wadsworth Center to discuss.<br />

• Receipt of specimens<br />

o When specimens for influenza testing are received at the Wadsworth Center, the<br />

specimen will be accessioned and entered into the clinical laboratory information<br />

management system (CLIMS).<br />

o Once accessioned, the record will be uploaded to the NYSDOH Electronic<br />

Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS) by 8:00AM daily.<br />

• Reporting of results<br />

<strong>Influenza</strong> test information will be reported through the ECLRS to the LHD and a<br />

paper report sent to submitters.<br />

o Results will be uploaded to ECLRS by 8.00AM each day.<br />

o It should be noted that several reports will be available for each sample.<br />

• The first report will be at the level of influenza A or B based on the real-time<br />

PCR assay.<br />

• The second report will be for the sub-type.<br />

• A third report will be issued only for isolates that are identified to the level of<br />

strain. Although all isolates will be sub-typed, not all isolates will be<br />

identified to the level of strain.<br />

o The final report will be marked as such.<br />

February 7, 2006 2-18

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