Diagnostic Testing
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Specimen Submission
The World Health Organization describes Public health surveillance as the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. Such surveillance can:
- serve as an early warning system for impending public health emergencies;
- document the impact of an intervention, or track progress towards specified goals; and
- monitor and clarify the epidemiology of health problems, to allow priorities to be set and to inform public health policy and strategies.
The success of diagnostic and surveillance programs is dependent upon the quality ofspecimens and completeness of information that are submitted.
Please submit these isolates to the Montana Public Health Laboratory for confirmation and referral:
Directory of Services
Chlamydia and GC
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheae Direct Detection by Nucleic Acid Amplification
Microbiology (Enteric)
Campylobacter, Cholera, Escherichia coli (O157 and Enterohemorrhagic), Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio (Cholera), Yersinia, etc.
Molecular Diagnostics
Adenovirus, Bacillus anthracis, Brucella, Burkholderia, Francisella, Herpes, Influenza, Mycobacterium, Norovirus. Orthopoxvirus, Staphylococcus enterotoxin, Varicella zoster, Yersinia pestis, etc.
Mycobacteriology (TB)
Mycobacterium (Acid Fast Bacilli, TB)
Identification by Nucleic Acid Probe, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Collection, Transport, etc.
Mycology
Aspergillus, Blastomyces, Candida albicans, Coccidoides, Cryptococcus, Dermatophytes, Histoplasma, Nocardia Penicillium, Sporothrix, Yeast, etc.
The Serology and Newborn Screening section of the Montana Public Health Laboratory provides a wide range of testing. This section also provides expert assistance and consultation for particular conditions to medical care providers and provides testing in support of disease assessment for review by epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists and other public health decision makers.
Montana screens all newborns for the 28 conditions recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Medical Genetics. Approximately 12,500 babies were born in Montana in 2008. Seventeen babies (1 in 735) were treated for a condition detected by the newborn bloodspot screen.
Parasitology
Babesia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Echinococcosis, Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), Entamoeba histolytica, (amebiasis), Giardia, Isospora, Leishmania, Plasmodium (Malaria), Paragonimus, Schistosoma, Strongyloides, Trypanosomiasis (Chagas), Schistosoma, etc.
Rubella
Premarital Testing for Rubella Immunity
Serology
Hepatitis, HIV, Syphilis, Measles, Rubella, etc.
Virology (cultures)
Adenovirus, Chlamydia, Cytomegalovirus, Enterovirus, Herpes Simplex
Herpes Zoster, Influenza A and B Culture Lymphogranuloma venereum, Mumps, Parainfluenza, Respiratory Rubeola (Measles), Varicella Zoster, etc.
