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EDSS Call Log Notice of Privacy Practices Aviso de las Práticas de Privacidad Sitemap DHHSDPHSLPH Your browser is extremely outdated and cannot properly display our website. Update your browser! ✓ LATEST NCSLPH UPDATES! 4/11/2024: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) guidance information - please see below! X✓ Interim Guidance Advisory : Pursuant to Session Law 2020-4 Section 4.10.(a), the Department of Health and Human Services will be requiring each person in charge of a laboratory providing diagnostic service in this State and any other health care provider licensed in this State that provides diagnostic service to report the results of all COVID-19 testing to the Department of Health and Human Services . The Department is offering a three-step electronic file submission method to support this reporting requirement. Additional information about the effective date and process for this requirement are forthcoming. Meanwhile, laboratories and businesses are advised to continue their current submission process and complete the registration step from the electronic file submission method. X The State Laboratory of Public Health provides certain medical and environmental laboratory services (testing, consultation and training) to public and private health provider organizations responsible for the promotion, protection and assurance of the health of North Carolina citizens. NCSLPH Packaging and Shipping GuidanceHighly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 2024 NCDHHS HPAI in NC: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/2024/04/10/statement-avian-flu-detected-north-carolina-dairy-herd Guidance for Clinicians and Laboratorians HPAI Specimen Collection and Shipment Guidance DHHS 3431 Virology Specimen Requisition Form Mpox Outbreak (MPX) 2022 Updates NCDHHS Mpox in NC: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/public-health/monkeypox Mpox Provider Memo Mpox Specimen Collection and Shipping Guidance DHHS 5010: BT and Emerging Pathogens Clinical Form Medical Courier Updates 08/10/2023 : NCSLPH Specimen Submission Process FAQ’s 07/18/2023 : NCSLPH Clinical Specimen Storage and Shipping Guidance 07/18/2023 : DOA Medical Courier Packaging and Shipping Guidance Tutorial : NCSLPH Packaging and Shipping - DOA Medical Courier: effective July 10, 2023 State Lab News 03/22/2024 : Courier Changes for Specimen/Sample Transport- Good Friday 2024 03/15/2024 : Testing method change for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and Mycobacterium avium/intracellulare complex (MAC) 12/18/2023 : Courier Changes for Specimen/Sample Transport - Winter Holidays 2023 11/17/2023 : Courier Changes for Sample/Specimen Transport- Thanksgiving 2023 11/13/2023 : Updates to Hepatitis A and B Submissions Webinar 11/03/2023 : Memo to Submitters about Hepatitis Testing Changes 11/03/2023 : NCSLPH Courier Schedules and Sample or Specimen Transport- Veterans Day 2023 11/03/2023 : Memo to Submitters on TB Sputum Collection Kits 11/03/2023 : TB Specimen Packaging and Shipping Updates 08/28/2023 : Courier Schedules and Sample or Specimen Transport - 2023 Labor Day 08/22/2023 : Pediatric HCV Testing 08/18/2023 : Memo about Positive CIDT Stool Specimens 07/05/2023 : COVID-19 Testing Change 07/04/2023 : NCSLPH Courier Schedules and Sample or Specimen Transport- 2023 Independence Day 06/26/2023 : Memo to Local Health Departments’s concerning NC Department of Administration’s Medical Courier Services 06/19/2023 : New STEC Method 05/05/2023 : Changes to COVID Reporting- Ending PHE 03/31/2023 : Updated C. auris Provider Memo 03/27/2023 : NCSLPH UPS Portal Closing 03/16/2023 : HIV NAT Testing 01/25/2023 : STEC Testing 01/10/2023 : NCSLPH Courier Schedules and Sample or Specimen Transport - 2023 MLK Jr Holiday 12/19/2022 : NCSLPH Specimen Submission Process FAQ 12/16/2022 : NCSLPH Courier Operation Schedule- Winter Holidays 2022 11/30/2022 : NCSLPH Medical Courier Shipping Tutorial (PDF 3.32 MB) 11/29/2022 : Revised Specimen/Sample Packaging Guide November 2022 (PDF 278 KB)05/30/2022 : Memo: Courier Schedule and Sample/Specimen Storage Guidelines – Memorial Day 2022 (PDF 396 KB)07/25/2022 : Monkeypox Guidance for Local Health Departments (PDF 333 KB) 06/28/2022 : NCSLPH Courier Operations- Independence Day 2022 (PDF 412 KB)02/14/2022 : Memo: Newborn Screening for X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) (PDF 256 KB) 01/19/2022 : Memo: Pre-Approval for CDC Infectious Disease Testing (PDF 400 KB) 10/18/2021 : Memo: Updated Clinical Submission Forms – Medicaid Insurance ID Number (PDF 480 KB) 09/23/2021 : Memo: Transition to Online COVID-19 Test Orders and Results (PDF, 350 KB) 09/01/2021 : Hepatitis C RNA NAAT Testing Change (PDF, 188 KB) 07/13/2021 : Newborn Screening Reporting Change for Amino Acids and Acylcarnitines (PDF, 214 KB) 06/01/2021 : Memo: Revised specimen submission, packaging, and shipping policies (PDF, 350 KB) 04/29/2021 : Memo: Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (PDF, 362 KB) 02/17/2021 : Courier Operations and Specimen Storage Guidelines - Winter Weather Feb. 17 (PDF, 117 KB)03/29/2021 : Rubella IgG Antibody Testing Method Change (PDF, 331 KB) 06/15/2020 : CT/GC Testing Method Change (PDF, 151 KB) 11/14/2020 : NCSLPH MERS-CoV Specimen Collection and Testing Guidelines (PDF, 215 KB) State Lab News Archive Frequently Requested Client Change of Information Form (PDF, 290 KB) SCOPE: A Guide to Laboratory Services (PDF, 3.55 MB) NCSLPH Courier Operation Schedule- Winter Holidays 2022 SLPH Topics A-Z Water Sample Test Results Water Sample Testing (Private Wells) CLIA Certificate (PDF, 125 KB) 5/25/2023 : CLIA Certificate Extension Details (2023) (PDF, 23 KB)Forms Clinical Lab Test Results Tutorial on Using CELR for Test Results (PDF, 1.4...