Federal regulations permit the applicant/employee to request the split specimen that was collected at the time of the original specimen be sent to another laboratory for testing. This request should be made to the MRO within 72 hours of the employee being notified of the positive test result.
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli(STEC), also called verotoxinogenic E. coli, usually do not cause disease inanimals but may cause watery diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis, and/orhaemolytic uraemic syndrome in humans. Zoonotic STEC include the O157:H7strains and, with increasing frequency, certain non-O157 strains.
The utility of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing in the acute care setting is derived from the landmark Breathing Not Properly study and later studies.The initial Breathing Not Properly multicenter prospective study involved 1586 patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute dyspnea.