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Laboratory Test Menu

Including Directions for Specimen Collection and Storage

  • Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Culture
  • Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear
  • Adult Clostridium botulinum Toxin Detection
  • Amebiasis Clearance
  • Bacterial Culture for Identification (Enteric)
  • Bacterial Culture for Identification (non-Enteric / Special Bacteriology)
  • Bordetella pertussis Identification
  • Botulism Toxin Testing
  • Brucellosis Serology
  • Carbapenemase Gene PCR (Bacterial Isolates and Rectal Swabs)
  • Chlamydia trachomatis Molecular Detection (TMA)
  • Clostridium botulinum Toxin Testing
  • Coronavirus (Novel) & Influenza PCR
  • Ebola PCR
  • Entamoeba histolytica Identification
  • Escherichia coli (Shiga Toxin Producing) Isolation (including O157)
  • Escherichia coli (Shiga Toxin Producing) Serogrouping (including O157)
  • Escherichia coli (Shiga Toxin Producing) Toxin Gene PCR (including O157)
  • Escherichia coli (Shiga Toxin Producing) Toxin Testing (including O157)
  • Gonorrhea Molecular Detection (TMA)
  • Gonorrhea Culture (For Select Clinics Only)
  • Hepatitis C (HCV) Antibody Screening
  • Hepatitis C (HCV) Confirmatory RNA Testing
  • Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Serology (EIA)
  • Herpes Simplex Virus 1/2 PCR
  • Herpes Simplex Virus 1/2 TMA
  • HIV Antibody (Ab) and Antigen (Ag) Screening (CMIA)
  • HIV Confirmatory Testing
  • HIV Oral Fluid Antibody Screening
  • HIV RNA Screening for Acute HIV Infection (Pooled Specimens)
  • HIV RNA Screening for Acute HIV Infection (Tested Individually)
  • HIV RNA Viral Load Testing
  • Influenza A/B Typing PCR
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC) Gene PCR
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) PCR
  • Malaria Identification (Malaria PCR and Microscopy)
  • Measles PCR
  • Mpox PCR
  • Mumps Virus PCR
  • Mycobacteria Culture
  • Mycobacteria Smear
  • Mycobacteria Molecular Identification (Accuprobe)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Culture)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Culture, 2nd Line Drugs)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Rapid Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance (Pyrosequencing)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Molecular Identification (Accuprobe)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Rapid Molecular Detection/Identification (PCR)
  • Mycoplasma genitalium Molecular Detection (TMA)
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Molecular Detection (TMA)
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Culture (for CITY CLINIC only)
  • New Delhi Metallo-beta-Lactamase (NDM) 1 Gene PCR
  • Norovirus PCR
  • Novel Coronavirus PCR
  • Parasite for Identification (non-malaria)
  • Parasite Serology
  • Pertussis Identification
  • Plasmodium spp. Identification (Malaria PCR and Microscopy)
  • Quantiferon (QFT/Tuberculosis Serology)
  • Rabies Animal Testing
  • Salmonella Clearance
  • Salmonella Culture Serogrouping & Serotyping
  • Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157) Isolation
  • Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157) Serogrouping
  • Shiga Toxins 1 and 2 Gene PCR
  • Shiga Toxins 1 and 2 Testing (Immunoassay)
  • Shigella Clearance
  • Shigella Culture for Identification (including serogrouping)
  • Special Bacteriology Culture for Identification
  • Syphilis Serology (RPR/TPPA)
  • Treponema pallidum (Syphilis) Serology (RPR/TPPA)
  • Trichomonas vaginalis TMA (Trichomoniasis NAAT Testing)
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  • Whole Genome Sequencing Covid-19 –  Contact Public Health Lab (PHL) for assistance

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CMR Forms

Medical providers: download the Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) form to report a communicable disease

CMR Form

or download the COVID-19 CMR form to report COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths and POC testing by HCPs

COVID-19 CMR Form

Medical Provider Health Alerts

March 06, 2023

CDC Health Advisory: Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States

February 16, 2023

Health Alert: Xylazine Identified in Overdose Decedents

December 21, 2022

CDPH Health Advisory: Lower Barriers to Prescribing COVID-19 Therapeutics to Mitigate Impact of COVID-19

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