| Test name | Sample | Special instructions |
| Anthrax | 5ml Red Top, pus, nasal swab, sputum, animal products & environmental samples | none |
| Botulism | 5ml Red Top & Food | none |
| Plague tests | 5ml Red Top, pus, bubo aspirates, sputum, rodents & fleas | none |
| Cholera Surveillance Culture | Cholera Cultures | none |
| Typhoid outbreaks | Stool and urine | none |
| Diarrhoea outbreaks | Water, stools & foods | none |
| Vibrio cholerae | Sewer Pads | none |
| Water, stool & rectal swabs | none | |
| Cultures | none | |
| Leptospirosis | 5ml Red Top | If marked urgent done on receipt |
| PCR for C Diptheriae/Shigella/E Coli | Culture Plate | none |
| Salmonella serotyping surveillance isolates | Culture Plate or Transport Medium | none |
| Shigella/E Coli serotyping surveillance isolates | Culture Plate or Transport Medium | none |
| Aspergillus | 5ml Red Top | none |
| Amphotericin Level | none | |
| CSF Mycology Culture | CSF (Cerebro Spinal Fluid) | none |
| Fungal Identification | none | |
| Fungal Sensitivity | none | |
| Histoplasma | 5ml RED TOP | none |
| Mycology for Hair, Skin or Nails | Mycology for Hair, Skin or Nails | none |
| Sporotrichosis | 5ml RED TOP | none |
| Acanthamoeba Culture | Contact the laboratory before taking sample | Contact the laboratory before taking sample |
| Amoeba Microscopy | Fresh Stool Specimen of Cyst fluid | Stool must reach the laboratory within 30 minutes of sampling |
| Bilharzia Microscopy | Urine/Stool | At least 5ml of Urine |
| Giemsa Stain for Malaria Parasites | Purple Top | Clotted Blood is unsuitable |
| Hydatid Hooklets | Cyst Fluid, sputum | none |
| Malaria Parasite Count | Purple Top | Clotted Blood is unsuitable |
| Microfilaria Investigation | Purple Top | Blood sampling should be performed at the correct times depending on the filarial species |
| Microsporidia Investigation | Stool | Preserve stool in an equal quantity of 10% Formalin |
| Modified ZN Stain for Stool | Stool | Preserve stool in an equal quantity of 10% Formalin |
| P Falciparum Antigen Test | Purple Top | Clotted Blood is unsuitable |
| Parasite Identification (Worms or eggs) | Worm or Porglottid or Sputum | Please submit proglottids in saline. Handle with care, as larvae of Strongyloides and eggs of Taenia may be infective |
| Pinworm Investigation | Sticky tape swab slide | Early morning sticky tape swab is the optimal specimen. Handle with care as the eggs may be infective |
| Pneumocystic IFA | Respiratory Specimens | Sputum is not Optimal Specimen |
| Stool Concentration and Microscopy | Stool | Preserve stool in an equal quantity of 10% Formalin |
| Trypanosomiasis | Blood (Purple Top) or CSF (only if CNS invasion suspected) | If possible, arrange with laboratory |