Guidance for Laboratory Services & Testing

CDPHE

• CDPHE Laboratory Services Division Swine Flu Testing FAQs (CDPHE Updated 4/28/09)

WHO

• Protocol for Antiviral Susceptibility Testing by Pyrosequencing (WHO)
   
• Sequencing Primers and Protocol (WHO)

CDC

• Interim Guidance for Influenza Surveillance: Prioritizing RT-PCR Testing in Laboratories
   
• H1N1 Virus Biosafety Guidelines for Laboratory Workers (Updated 8/15/09)
   
• Interim Biosafety Guidance for All Individuals handling Clinical Specimens or Isolates containing 2009 H1N1 Influenza, including Vaccine Strains (Updated 8/15/09)
   
• Interim Guidance for the Detection of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Using Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests (Updated  8/10/09)
   
• Interim Guidance on Specimen Collection, Processing, and Testing for Patients with Suspected 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection (Updated 5/13/09)
   
• Guidelines for the Submission of Tissue Specimens for the Pathologic Evaluation of Influenza Virus Infections
   
• CDC Protocol of Realtime RTPCR for Swine Influenza A(H1N1)
   
• DSAT Guidance on CDC Import Permits for Swine-Originated Flu