1. Last Name First Name DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
State Laboratory of Public Health 2. Patient Number Submitter Laboratory/Medical Record #: _____________________ 3. Address
_ t_e_ _o_f PLEASE GIVE ALL Month Day Year INFORMATION REQUESTED 5. Race 1. White 2. Black 3. American Indian 4. Asian 5. Native Hawaiian/Pacifi c Islander 6. Unknown SPECIMEN TYPE: ISOLATED ORGANISM** 6. Hispanic or Latino Origin: 1. Yes 2. No 3. Unknown 7. Sex 1. Male 2. Female 8. Co. of Residence 9. Medicaid Client Yes If yes, enter # No
GC N. MENINGITIDIS GROUP H. INFLUENZAE TYPE
BORDETELLA PCR BORDETELLA CULTURE LEGIONELLA DFA
LEGIONELLA CULTURE REFERENCE ID**
**Describe organism, including biochemical reactions
Federal Tax No. _______________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ SPECIMEN SOURCE:
BLOOD CSF URINE SPUTUM NP BRONCH WASH BRONCH LAVAGE BRONCH BRUSH THROAT
STERILE BODY FLUID WOUND–SITE ________________________
GENITAL–SITE____________ OTHER__________________________
SPECIAL/ATYPICAL BACTERIOLOGY LABORATORY REPORT (DO NOT WRITE BELOW) IDENTIFICATION DATE REPORTED:
DIRECT FA STAIN FOR _______________________________________
POSITIVE NEGATIVE (DFA STAIN IS A PRESUMPTIVE TEST)
PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CLINICAL OR EPIDEMIOLOGIC INFORMATION
ANY ASSOCIATED ILLNESS____________________________________________________
DATE OF ONSET ______________________________________
PERTINENT CLINICAL FINDINGS________________________________________________ SYMPTOMS __________________________________________
PREVIOUS LABORATORY RESULTS_____________________________________________
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SINGLE CASE SPORADIC CONTACT EPIDEMIC CARRIER ANIMAL CONTACT __________________
FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC TRAVEL? WHERE? _____________________________ WHEN? (WITHIN LAST YEAR ) ________________________________
OTHER ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS
PURPOSE: Isolation, identifi cation, confi rmation, further studies of human disease-producing aerobic bacteria.
PREPARATION: Collect specimen following instructions in SCOPE, using recommended collection kits. Label each specimen tube, subculture, or
smear with patient's name and date of birth. Fill out this form and send in appropriate mailer with the specimen to State Laboratory of Public Health.
Place form in outer container. Do not send without label (patient name) on specimen or without form. Forms must be printed from website at http://
PREPARATION OF FORM: Left Upper Portion of Form. Item 1. Enter patient's name, last name fi rst, fi rst name, and middle initial or maiden name
initial, if female. Item 2. Enter patient number (SSN or other unique number). Item 3. Enter patient's home address on lines immediately below. This
information is required for epidemiologic follow-up. Item 4. Enter date of birth (not age). Items 5, 6, and 7. Indicate race, Hispanic ethnicity, and sex
by checking appropriate box. These data are for statistical purposes only. Item 8. Enter county of residence of patient (Health Departments use county
code). Item 9. Indicate if patient is a Medicaid client; if yes, enter Medicaid number. Enter Diagnosis Code or ICD-9 number. Enter submitter federal
tax number or social security number in blank. ALSO ENTER RETURN ADDRESS OF SUBMITTER in box under “Send Report To.” Right Upper Portion of Form. Specimen Type: Check appropriate box. Date Specimen Collected: Enter date as indicated. Examine For: Suspected
disease or type examination required. Specimen Source: Check appropriate box. Symptoms/Epidemiological Information: Check appropriate box(es).
Provide any further information listed at top of this page. Do not write in space below “Laboratory Report.”
DISPOSITION: This form may be destroyed in accordance with Standard 5, Patient Clinical Records, of the Records Disposition Schedule published
by the N.C. Division of Archives and History.
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