SPECIMEN COLLECTION, STORAGE, AND PACKAGING

Course overview

Title: Chemical Emergency Response and Preparedness: Specimen Collection, Storage, and Packaging Author: Patricia Payne, PhD, MT(ASCP) Microbiologist, Medical Technologist, and President of JBM Associates, Inc., Lexington, KY Intended Audience: Pathologists, Residents, Doctoral Scientists, Laboratory Managers, Bench Supervisors, Medical Technologists, Medical Laboratory Technicians Course Learning Objectives: Collect, label, and store patient specimens for Rapid Toxic Screen analysis according to CDC guidelines Package, mark, and label specimens for Rapid Toxic Screen analysis in compliance with CDC guidelines and transportation regulations Explain chain-of-custody guidelines for collection, storage, and transfer of patient specimens Course Description: This ASCP eCourse covers detailed information on the collection, storage and transport conditions acceptable for submitting specimens to the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention for Rapid Toxic Screen analysis. In addition, documentation and packaging practices that facilitate the acceptance of test results as forensic evidence will be reviewed.