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SPECIMEN: Pre-antitoxin serum, stool, gastric, tissue. Standard volumes: >8 ml of serum (not hemolyzed), 25 grams of unpreserved feces or 25-50 ml of gastric aspirate within 72 hours of onset. Tissue in sterile container inside an anerobic pouch.
CONTAINER: Sterile screw cap container
COLLECTION: Contact Orange County Communicable Disease Control Division (CDCD) at (714) 834-8180 for testing approval prior to submission for specimen collection and shipping requirements.
After hours, on weekends and holidays you may speak to a Public Health Official by calling Orange County Communications Center at (714) 628-7008.
TRANSPORT CONDITIONS: Room Temperature (25±5°C): Unacceptable
Refrigerated (5±3°C): 1 day
Frozen (-15±5°C): Unacceptable
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