Laboratory Procedures Currently Exempt from Fees
- Meningococcal isolates from blood or cerebrospinal fluid submitted for culture confirmation and serotyping.
- Meningococcal isolates from nasopharyngeal cultures or the contacts of patients with serious meningococcal infection, submitted for culture confirmation and serotyping.
- Meningococcal isolates associated with an outbreak, submitted for culture confirmation and serotyping.
- Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus associated with an outbreak, submitted for PFGE.
- Isolates of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) submitted for confirmation.
- Isolates of Haemophilus influenza submitted for serotyping.
- Isolates of Listeria monocytogenes submitted for serotyping.
- Streptococcal isolates submitted for serotyping.
- Isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae submitted for culture confirmation & toxigenicity testing.
- Pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal smears submitted for identification of Bordetella pertussis by direct immunofluorescence.
- Isolates of Salmonella/Shigella submitted for confirmation & serotyping.
- Stools for culture from patients or food handlers involved in outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, if requested by the Health Department Bureaus of Environmental Investigation or Communicable Diseases.
- Any outbreak related isolates for PFGE typing (prior arrangements need to be made by contracting the Molecular Typing Laboratory).
- Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for susceptibility testing.
- Respiratory specimens which are first-time smear positive for acid fast bacilli, submitted for MTD assay.
- Rabies diagnostic tests.
- Viral & rickettsial diagnostic tests for outbreak-related specimens submitted through the Bureaus of Communicable Diseases or Immunization Diseases.
- Clinical and environmental specimens associated with potential botulism cases are submitted (after approval by the Bureau of Communicable Diseases) for the assay and identification of botulinal toxins.
- Isolates submitted for BT testing and subsequently identified either as BT or other pathogens.