Order Code NEISSRIA M AGN FUMC Neisseria meningitidis Antigen, Serum, Spinal Fluid, or Urine

Important Note

Call Fairview at 612-273-7838 prior to specimen collection for verification of specimen requirements and to inform them of specimen arrival.

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Serum

Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube. Spin down and send 1 mL of serum refrigerated.

Note: 1. Indicate serum on request form.

2. Label specimen appropriately (serum).

Spinal Fluid

1 mL of spinal fluid in a screw-capped, sterile container. Maintain sterility and forward promptly. Send specimen refrigerated.

Note: 1. Indicate spinal fluid on request form.

2. Label specimen appropriately (spinal fluid).

Urine

1 mL from a fresh, random urine collection in a urine specimen cup. Send specimen refrigerated.

Note: 1. Indicate urine on request form.

2. Label specimen appropriately (urine).

Negative (reported as positive or negative)

Monday through Sunday

Fairview University Medical Center (FUMC)

Latex Agglutination

Includes testing for group A and group B (group B is antigenically the same as Escherichia coli K-1).

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