Microbiology Specimen Submission Job Aids

General Guidance  

• Accessing Test Results via the DSHS Results Web Portal
• General Submission and Shipping Guidance
• Keeping Refrigerated Specimens Cold
• Shipping Diagnostic Stool Specimens

Texas Notifiable Conditions

• Texas Notifiable Conditions Reporting and Specimen Submission Process

Test-Specific Guidance

• Cryptosporidium Specimens
• Cyclospora cayetanensis  Specimens
• Drinking Water Samples, for Coliform and Escherichia coli
• Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening Specimens 
• Gonorrhea Susceptibility Testing Specimens
• Malaria Specimens
• Mpox Specimens
• Norovirus Specimens
• Rabies Specimens: Packing and Shipping Guidance
• Rabies Specimens: Results Web Portal Access
• Rickettsial Testing
• TB Cold Box Packing Guidelines
• TB Specimens: Ordering TB Collection and Shipping Supplies
• TB Specimens: Patient Self-Collect Guidance 
• TB Specimens: Patient Self-Collect Guidance (Spanish)