Polio Stool Sample Collection

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Polio stool sample collection.

Additional testing protocols are being developed to look for afm biomarkers and studies to identify possible mechanisms for afm are underway. Surveillance is one of the main pillars of the polio eradication initiative. This age criterion captured children targeted for vaccination in the second round of the mass campaign. The system did not depend on the hospital s passive.

New polio cases need a timely response and this needs a system that can detect investigate and confirm suspected cases of. Place the orange cap specimen container stool pathogen pcr panel giardia antigen stool culture in the refrigerator keep the green cap specimen container ova and parasites cryptosporidium at room temperature keep the screw cap container without liquid clostridium difficile in the refrigerator. Refer to this table when you collect store and ship specimens. All afp cases under 15 years of age or with paralytic illness at an age where polio is suspected should be reported immediately and investigated within 48 hours and two stool specimens should be collected 24 48 hours apart and within 14 days of the onset of paralysis.

Stool sampling stool samples were collected from randomly selected children aged 3 years attending the neighbourhood polyclinics either for a well child visit or injury. Staff and stool samples taken for virological analysis. Polio eradication could never rely on routine health information systems alone.