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Labstracts With the transfer of the Ontario Public Health Laboratories to the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP) on December 15, Labstracts, previously produced through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, are now produced through the OAHPP.

Labstracts Labstracts – Acid-fast Bacilli (AFB) : Change in Reporting the Enumeration of AFB in Smears (LAB-SD-018-000) 1 page | 45 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test (AMTD) – Update re Testing Guidelines (LAB-SD-041-000) 2 pages | 53 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Anaerobic Culture (LAB-SD-012-000) 2 pages | 54 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Arthropod Identification Services – Policy Change (LAB-SD-023-000) 1 page | 43 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Blood Collection Using Serum Separator Tubes (LAB-SD-008-001) 1 page | 43 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Bordetella Molecular Testing – Changes to result Reporting ( LAB-SD-047-000) 2 pages | 48 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae – Laboratory Testing (LAB-SD-039-001) 2 pages | 50 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sensitivity and Specificity Comparison Culture & DNA (LAB-SD-005-001) 1 page | 62 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts - Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Specimen Collection Guidelines (LAB-SD-004-001) 1 page | 65 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Specimen Acceptance Criteria (LAB-SD-032-000) 2 pages | 54 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Clostridium Difficile - Specimen Acceptance and Testing During Outbreaks (LAB-SD-045-000) 2 pages | 53 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Clostridium Difficile toxin testing – Specimen Acceptance Criteria (LAB-SD-002-002) 1 page | 68 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Dengue Fever – Interpreting Serology Results (LAB-SD-037-000)

Labstracts – Diagnostic Interpretation of Viral Specific IgM and IgG Serology (LAB-SD-044-000) 2 pages | 53 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Diphtheria Serology Testing – An Update (LAB-SD-040-000) 2 pages | 42 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Documentation – Criteria for Acceptance (LAB-SD-001-003) 2 pages | 64 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Epstein-Barr Virus Serological Testing - Revised Test Menu and Interpretive Guidelines (LAB-SD-025-001) 2 pages | 53 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Entamoeba histolytica/dspar differentiation test (LAB-SD-013-000) 2 pages | 69 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Fungal Blood Culture Requests (LAB-SD-022-001) 1 page | 46 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Helicobacter pylori Serology Testing (LAB-SD-026-000) 2 pages | 54 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA Testing and Interpretation - Update (LAB-SD-031-000) 2 pages | 56 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Hepatitis C Antibody - Change in Supplementary Testing, Interpretation, and Recommended Follow-up Testing (LAB-SD-020-000) 2 pages | 104 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA and Genotype Testing and Interpretation - Update (LAB-SD-033-000) 2 pages | 49 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) - Anti-HCV Positive Results, Next Steps (LAB-SD-034-000) 2 pages | 55 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Herpes Simplex Virus – Discontinuation of IgM Antibody Testing (LAB-SD-027-000) 1 page | 53 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Herpes Simplex Virus Testing - Culture (LAB-SD-021-000) 1 page | 56 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – HIV & Hepatitis – Testing Cadaveric / Autopsy / Post Mortem Specimens (LAB-SD-017-000) 1 page | 54 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Listeria monocytogenes Testing – Specimen Collection for Foodborne Illness – Update version 2 (LAB-SD-043-002) 1 page | 56 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – N. meningitidis – Criteria for Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (LAB-SD-028-000) 1 page | 60 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Norovirus Outbreak Testing (LAB-SD-016-000) 1 page | 60 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for the Detection of M. tuberculosis complex in clinical specimens (LAB-SD-007-000) 2 pages | 95 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Ontario Newborn Screening Program – Enhanced (LAB-SD-009-000) 1 page | 44 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Parasitology - Clinical Information Requirements (LAB-SD-024-000) 1 page | 43 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Pandemic / Avian Influenza is Suspected – Specimen Collection & Transportation Guidelines (LAB-SD-015-000) 2 pages | 72 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Parvovirus B19 – Interpreting Serology Results (LAB-SD-036-000) 2 pages | 50 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts - Revised General Test Requisition (LAB-SD-019-000) 3 pages | 65 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts - Revised General Test Requisition - Update (LAB-SD-029-000) 1 page | 45 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Syphilis (T. pallidum) – Change in Screen Testing Methodology (LAB-SD-038-000) 1 page | 104 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – S.pneumoniae and Fastidious or Infrequently Isolated Bacteria – Susceptibility Test Method Change (LAB-SD-030-000) 1 page | 49 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Susceptibility Testing of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) Isolates (LAB-SD-006-000) 1 pages | 73 Kb | PDF format

Urine viral cultures : Changes to testing procedures (LAB-SD-049-000)  [New] 1 pages | 46 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – Viridans Group Streptococci-Changes to laboratory identification procedures (LAB-SD-046) 2 pages | 45 Kb | PDF format

Labstracts – West Nile Interpretations (LAB-SD-011-002) 2 pages | 101 Kb | PDF format

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