Ship overnight or deliver the same business day. Please call the lab in advance if submitting more than 20 samples so we can have the media prepared and ready to go.

Please contact the lab to request a bacterial isolate send out.  Email:  [email protected], Phone:  612-625-8787, 800-605-8787 (toll free)

Ship overnight.

Samples should be kept cool and moist in transit. Procedure does not include a susceptibility test. Please request a susceptiblity if needed.

Prevent agar from freezing

RT-PCR or qRT-PCR VHS Surveillance Study. Following the guidelines listed under the Submitted Specimen Requirements will provide an adequate sample volume to conduct this test. If multiple tests are to be requested on a specimen, there may not be adequate sample volume to perform each test. Please submit an adequate sample vo