
घावों के त्वचा के नमूनों को जल्द से जल्द एकत्र किया जाना चाहिए जैसे कि मंकीपॉक्स संदिग्ध है. संक्रामक रोगों के प्रयोगशाला निदान में उचित नमूना संग्रह सबसे महत्वपूर्ण कदम है. अनुचित रूप से एकत्र किए गए नमूनों से झूठे नकारात्मक या अनिर्णायक परिणाम हो सकते हैं. नीचे Monkeypox नमूना संग्रह के लिए एक दिशानिर्देश हैं.
1. निकालना 1 नमूना संग्रह स्वाब from its package. Do not touch the tip of the swab with your hands. केवल 1 swab per lesion is required for testing.
2. Unscrew the top of the collection tube. Hold the swab in 1 hand and the collection tube in the other.
3. Swab a pustule/lesion vigorously without unroofing or lancing the lesion.
4. Insert the swab into the viral transport medium without touching the outside of the collection tube, and break off the end of the swab, यदि आवश्यक हुआ.
5. Screw the top of the collection tube back on tightly. Leaking specimens will be rejected.
टिप्पणी:
• Optimum personal protective equipment (पीपीई) for specimen collection is a gown,दस्ताने, eye protection (e.g. goggles or a face shield that covers the front and sides of the face), and a NIOSH-approved particulate respirator equipped with N95 filters or higher.
• Specimens should be collected in a single-person room, with the door closed (if safe to do so). Special air handling is not required.
• Use a sterile nylon, पॉलिएस्टर, or Dacron swab with a plastic or thin aluminum shaft. Do not use other types of swabs. Do not use swabs contained within a media transport system (e.g. ESwab)
• Vigorously swab or brush lesion. If the skin atop the vesicle or pustule is intact, it may be necessary to gently lance and lift the lesion.
• Place each specimen in a separate sterile container