N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
[1]
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
1. Last Name
First Name
MI
State Laboratory of Public Health
SPACE
4312 District Drive • P.O. Box 28047
2. Patient Number
Raleigh, NC 27611-8047
LABORATORY NUMBER
4. Date of Birth
3. Address
...........................................................
Zip
Month
Day
Year
Code
PLEASE GIVE ALL
5. Race
1. White
2. Black
3. American Indian
4. Asian
INFORMATION REQUESTED
5. Native Hawaiian/Pacifi c Islander
6. Unknown
VIROLOGY
6. Hispanic or Latino Origin?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Unknown
7. Sex
1. Male
2. Female
8. Co. of Residence
[4] INFECTIOUS AGENT(S) SUSPECTED OR TEST(S) REQUIRED:
9. Medicaid Client
Yes
—
Comprehensive Viral Culture Infl uenza Mumps
If yes, enter #
No
HSV/VZV Other _______________________________
[2] FEDERAL TAX NO. ______________________________________
[5]
[6]
[7]
:
SPECIMEN SOURCE
DATE COLLECTED
CLINIC
SEND REPORT TO:
_____ Prenatal
______________________________________________________
(a)
(Due Date: _________)
______________________________________________________
(b)
_____ STD
__________________________________ Zip Code: ___________
_____ OTHER
(c)
[3] Contact Name: _________________________________________
[8] ONSET DATE:
[9] Dx Code/ICD-10:
Phone: ________________________________________________
Fax: __________________________________________________
[10] PATIENT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Patient Expired? Yes
Date: _______________________________________________
GENITAL
RASH
RESPIRATORY
CNS
CARDIOVASCULAR
GENERAL
Vesicles
Seizures
Chest Pain
Fever to _____ °
Macular
Cough
PID
Meningitis
Pericarditis
Headache
Papular
Pneumonia
Cervicitis
Encephalitis
Myocarditis
Fatigue
Vesicular
Bronchitis
Urethritis
Nuchal rigidity
Pleurodynia
Sore Throat
Croup
Petechial
Hysterectomy
Paralysis
GASTROINTESTINAL
Jaundice
Pharyngitis
Focal
Mucopurulent discharge
Nausea/vomiting
Conjunctivitis
Hemorrhagic
Atypical Lesion
Diarrhea
Travel History:
Recent Vaccination History:
Instructions
PURPOSE: Submission of specimens for detection of viral infectious agents by viral culture and/or molecular diagnostics.
PREPARATION: Clearly label each specimen primary container with the patient’s fi rst and last name, either date of birth, patient number or other
unique identifi er, specimen source and collection date. Specimens without names or incorrectly labeled specimens will be deemed unsatisfactory for
testing. Submit no more than three specimens per patient with each form. For additional information, see “SCOPE, A Guide to Services” on our website
at or contact the Virology/Serology Unit at (919)733-7544.
PREPARATION OF FORM: Please print legibly or use a preprinted label. To avoid delays in testing, fi ll out all items in Sections 1 through 10 of the
submission form. Enclose submission form in a plastic bag to prevent contamination due to possible leakage.
SHIPMENT: Keep properly identifi ed specimens cold BUT NOT FROZEN (cold packs and leak-proof Styrofoam container) and deliver to the
Laboratory within 48 hours of collection. Specimens for CMV or RSV culture should be refrigerated immediately after collection and delivered to the
Laboratory within 24 hours. Additional specimen collection and transport kits are available through the NCSLPH online supply ordering system on our
website at
DISPOSITION: This form may be destroyed in accordance with Standard 5, Patient Clinical Records, of the Records Disposition Schedule published
by the N.C. Division of Archives and History.
FOR LABORATORY USE ONLY
Unsatisfactory Specimen:
INTERPRETATION:
No name on specimen
Specimen broken/leaked
Other _______________________
Negative: No virus detected.
Name on specimen/form do not match
Collected in incorrect transport media
Virus detected using
molecular assay.
TEMPERATURE ON ARRIVAL: FROZEN
DATE RECEIVED
COLD
AMBIENT
Virus detected using DFA
Comments:
Results telephoned
method.
Four or more days
Other __________________________________
to ___________________________
Viral-like agent detected.
between collection and
Further testing in process.
receipt of specimen
_______________________________________
date _________________________
Positive virus identifi ed as:
Specimen broken or leaked
in transit
_______________________________________
by ___________________________
Specimen received
ambient
DHHS 3431 (Revised 04/2016)
Laboratory (Review 04/2019)