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Inconsistencies in knowledge regarding recommended specimen collection suggest that respondents' may be unfamiliar with guidelines for testing.
During June 2012 September 2014, a total of 4,525 SRI patients were enrolled; induced sputum specimens, the recommended specimen type for Legionella spp. detection, were collected from 1,805 (40%).
Because the severity of patients most likely was associated with the available specimen (e.g., only intubated patients have bronchoalveolar lavage), we restricted our analysis to patients with nasopharyngeal swab samples, which is the recommended specimen for initial MERS-CoV diagnosis according to KSA MOH guidelines (18 ).
Since the time of this study, the manufacturer of the LFA has modified the testing protocol, now recommending testing twice the volume of patient specimen, reducing the recommended specimen:diluent ratio from 1 5 to 1 2, increasing the amount of conjugate in the chromatographic strip, and increasing the recommended incubation time of the LFA to 10 minutes.
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The tissues should be immersed in the fixative for 24 to 48 hours.The recommended specimens are slices of lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils and eroded mucosae.
The recommended specimens for confirming a diagnosis of rinderpest by immunohistology are oral mucosa, abomasum, small and large intestine, mesenteric lymph node, spleen and conjunctiva (Wohlsein et al., 1993).
Following the international standard ISO 640 2003, the recommended test specimen dimensions of H/W>1 gave an elastic modulus of 2.0±0.3 GPa and compressive strength of 64.2±20 MPa for the 2ECCaME* sample.
During periods of suspected outbreaks, where a high volume of specimens is expected, we recommended that specimens be identified using visual identification, as the fastest processing method, to select "G.
Testing of larger specimens is recommended and the specimen size effect should be carefully considered in landslides risk assessment.
Technically, throat wash and saliva are easier to collect when compared with the collection of currently recommended respiratory specimens (28, 29 ).
A repeat testing is, therefore, generally recommended for specimens with low positivity values before transferring a final laboratory report to the clinical doctor.
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