Microbiology Specimen Submission Job Aids
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Microbiology Specimen Submission Job Aids
Submitting Measles Specimens-Outbreak 2025
- Measles (Rubeola) Specimen Collection and Shipping Guidance
 - Measles Specimens Saturday Testing Guidance
 
General Guidance
- Accessing Test Results via the DSHS Results Web Portal
 - General Submission and Shipping Guidance
 - Keeping Refrigerated Specimens Cold
 - Shipping Diagnostic Stool Specimens
 
Texas Notifiable Conditions
Test-Specific Guidance
- Cryptosporidium Specimens
 - Cyclospora cayetanensis Specimens
 - Drinking Water Samples, for Coliform and Escherichia coli
 - Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening Specimens
 - Gonorrhea Susceptibility Testing Specimens
 - Influenza Type A Positive Specimens for Subtyping
 - Malaria Specimens
 - MERS-CoV Specimens
 - Mpox Specimens
 - Norovirus Specimens
 - Rabies Specimens: Packing and Shipping Guidance
 - Rabies Specimens: Results Web Portal Access
 - Rickettsial Testing
 - TB Cold Box Packing Guidelines
 - TB Specimens: Ordering TB Collection and Shipping Supplies
 - TB Specimens: Patient Self-Collect Guidance
 - TB Specimens: Patient Self-Collect Guidance (Spanish)