Specimens should not be collected on Fridays?

Specimens should not be collected Fridays because CDPH and CDC are closed over the weekend. If a specimen is accidentally collected on Friday, it can stay refrigerated for pick up the following week. Specimens can be picked up on Friday mornings but won’t be shipped until Monday.

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1. Who will be performing Zika lab testing?
2. What will be the expected turnaround time for results?
3. Will the results be sent directly to the ordering facility and the ordering provider?
4. Specimens should not be collected on Fridays?
5. Any suggestions for how to handle a patient who comes for specimen collection, but does not have the ZV Disease Testing Request form in hand or completely filled out?
6. Does all the requested information in the ZV Disease Testing Request form have to be provided?