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Clinical Microbiology Forms and Information
Notification of Laboratory Move (July 26, 2022)
Requisitions
- SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) Priority Specimen Submission Form (PDF) - Updated January 7, 2022
- HETL Clinical Requisition (front) (PDF)
- HETL Clinical Requisition (back) (PDF)
- HETL Rabies Submission Form (Word)
- Human Arbovirus Specimen Submission Form - (PDF) - This fillable form must be submitted with all arboviral panel test requests.
- CDC DASH form 50.34
- Orthopox Specimen Submissions Form (PDF) Updated July 28, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 Swab and Send Documents
- HETL Swab and Transport Media Chart (PDF)
- Self Collection for SARS-CoV-2 Testing at HETL (Word)
- Self Collection Quality Assurance Worksheet (PDF)
Ordering Supplies
- Request for Viral Culture / PCR Supplies (PDF)
- Request for Blood Lead Analysis Supplies (PDF)
- Request for Micro Supplies (PDF)
- Instruction for shipping patient specimens to HETL using HETL provided shipping materials (PDF)
Other
- NEW: Change to Guidelines for Specimen Collection Tubes for Venous Whole Blood Lead Samples Submitted to Maine’s Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory (HETL) (PDF)
- HETL Microbiology Pricing and Applicable CPT Codes (PDF)
- Fax Only Consent Form (Word)
- Current Copy HETL's CLIA Certificate (PDF)
- 2021 Laboratory Guide for Reporting of Notifiable Conditions – Rules (PDF)
- 2021 Laboratory Guide for Reporting of Notifiable Conditions - List of Diseases & Conditions (PDF)
- 2022 Laboratory Reporting of Notifiable Conditions (PDF)
- Category A Shipping Micro-organisms (PDF)
- APTIMA Vaginal Swab Collection (PDF)
- Important Information Regarding Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) (Word)
- Notice of Privacy practices (Word)
Tuberculosis
- TB Bill Submitter Letter 2018 (Word)
- TB Quantiferon® IGRA Clinician's Guide (PDF)
- TB Quantiferon® IGRA Blood Collection quick guide (PDF)
- TB Quantiferon® IGRA Technical Note on Filling Tubes (PDF)
- CDC IGRA Guidelines MMWR June 2010 (PDF)
Bioterrorism, Chemical Terrorism, and Radiological Terrorism
- HETL Bioterrorism, Chemical Terrorism, and Radiological Terrorism Triage Questionnaire (PDF)
- CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Federal select agent program
- Federal select agent and Toxin list
- Sentinel level clinical laboratory protocols for suspected biological threat agents and emerging infectious diseases
- CDC Biothreat Preparedness Training for Sentinel Laboratories Curriculum
Biosafety
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Biosafety and Biosecurity Page
- APHL Risk Assessment Best Practices (PDF)
- APHL's "Clinical Laboratory Biosafety Risk Management Program Assessment Checklist" (PDF)
- Guidelines for Biosafety Laboratory Competency. (2011). Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 60(Supplement)
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Guidance for U.S. Laboratories for Managing and Testing Routine Clinical Specimens When There is a Concern about Ebola Virus Disease
- CDC Packaging and Shipping Division 6.2 Materials: What the Laboratorian Should Know
- CDC Biosafety and Laboratory Training Courses
- Interim Clinical Laboratory Guideline for Biological Safety (PDF)
