INSTRUCTIONS FOR
SHIPPING CANDIDA ISOLATES TO TEXAS ARLN LABORATORY
It is required that UN3373 shipping guidelines are
followed.
Texas ARLN has an account set up with FedEx
to ship these specimens. Please email TexasARLN@dshs.texas.gov for instructions
for logging into the FedEx account.
When you log in to the FedEx site, please
follow these steps:
1.
Ignore the “My Shipment” profile if this is
your first time to use this account.
2.
Under “From”, click “Edit” and enter your
facility information. Check “save new
sender in address book” so that you can use the same information in the future.
3.
Under “To”, please select contact name
“Denise Dunbar”. The Texas DSHS
Laboratory address will be populated for you.
4.
Enter information under package and
shipment details.
5.
Please make sure to double check under
“special service”. If you are not sending anything on dry ice, please make sure
“dry ice” is not checked. (Sometimes
“dry ice” is automatically checked but should be not checked).
Please note that you must have 2
matching unique identifiers on both submission G-2E form and the specimen
(patient full name and date of birth are typically the two identifiers
used).
Isolates should be clonal (selected from a single colony)
and submitted on a Sabouraud’s Dextrose agar slant or other appropriate
media. (If you have CHROMagar Candida
agar plates available, these are best for isolating different colony
types. Please ship individual colony
types on separate slants).
The address should populate automatically by the FedEx
system. If it does not, please use:
Texas Department of State Health Services
Laboratory Services Section
1100 W. 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199
Please telephone Denise
Dunbar at 512-776-7342 if you only have plated medium for submitting isolates
or if you have any other questions about shipping.
