Regulations Governing Laboratory Testing for Communicable Diseases and Management of Laboratory Testing Institutions Article 3

Items of specimens of communicable diseases to be collected, time of collection, and modes of specimen delivery for testing/diagnosing are as follows:1. items to be collected: specimens of communicable diseases and pathogens;2. time of collection: before medication, after medication, during incubation period, at disease onset, and during the convalescent period;3. modes of specimen delivery: temperature and packing of specimens.The central competent authority, when announcing names of communicable diseases in accordance with Paragraph 2, Article 3 of the Act, shall at the same time announce the items of specimens to be collected, time of collection, and modes of specimen delivery.
中文原文 傳染病檢驗及檢驗機構管理辦法第3條
傳染病檢體採檢項目、採檢時間及送驗方式如下:
一、採檢項目:傳染病檢體及病原體。
二、採檢時間:投藥前、投藥後、潛伏期、發病期及恢復期。
三、送驗方式:檢體保存溫度及包裝方式。
中央主管機關於依本法第三條第二項公告傳染病名稱時,應同時公告前項檢體採檢項目、採檢時間及送驗方式。

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