Bacterial eye swab Bacterial eye swab local laboratory – N .gonorrhoeae, S. information on swab types/ medium pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, S. aureus Chlamydia eye Rare – Not neonate- Bacterial eye swab swab P. aeruginosa, C. diphtheriae, C. – uncomplicated gonorrhoeae, S. C. trachomatis albicans suspected pneumoniae, S. Consider BASHH guidelines on infective pyogenes, S. NAAT for non-genital samples; conjunctivitis aureus,M. catarrhalis, mention genital or urine testing if etc H. influenzae sexual transmission suspected eye swab Viral eye swab, Haemorrhagic conjunctivitis lesion swab 70, 71 and – VZV, coxsackievirus A24, B2 enterovirus; Adenovirus 8,19 associated with – lesion keratoconjunctivitis including outbreaks Notify laboratory if an outbreak is suspected. Conjunctivitis as a Depends on illness- feature of see sections on systemic illness rash……..In some of these, eye swab will detect pathogen, some not Rare- suspected mainly in contact Acanthamoeba – Amoebic culture/detection. lens wearers conjunctivitis Molluscum Call laboratory? Specific contagiosum - conditions EM/PCR of vesicle material Papillomavirus 6,11 Call laboratory – Swab/ biopsy for NAAT You should include the following: examinations offered by the laboratory. Include logical listings or tables of tests and turnaround times), primary sample volumes, specific specimen containers, special precautions, and procedures for medico-legal samples details of relevant clinical algorithms, with links to local or national policies of referred tests, including the names, addresses and accreditation status of laboratories to which work is routinely referred a table to state the duration of storage for samples that may need re-testing, with information on disease incubation periods, testing interval and time limits for requesting additional tests You may also wish to include information on the costs of tests. Reporting results You should include the following:
Bacterial eye swab – N .gonorrhoeae, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, S. aureus Bacterial eye swab local laboratory information on swab types/ medium Not neonate- uncomplicated suspected infective conjunctivitis Bacterial eye swab gonorrhoeae, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, S. aureus,M. catarrhalis, H. influenzae etc Chlamydia eye swab – C. trachomatis Rare – P. aeruginosa, C. diphtheriae, C. albicans Consider BASHH guidelines on NAAT for non-genital samples; mention genital or urine testing if sexual transmission suspected eye swab Viral eye swab, lesion swab – VZV, enterovirus; lesion Haemorrhagic conjunctivitis 70, 71 and coxsackievirus A24, B2 Adenovirus 8,19 – associated with keratoconjunctivitis including outbreaks Notify laboratory if an outbreak is suspected. Conjunctivitis as a feature of systemic illness Depends on illness- see sections on rash……..In some of these, eye swab will detect pathogen, some not Amoebic conjunctivitis Acanthamoeba – culture/detection. Rare- suspected mainly in contact lens wearers Specific conditions Molluscum contagiosum - EM/PCR of vesicle material Call laboratory? Papillomavirus 6,11 – Swab/ biopsy for NAAT Call laboratory You should include the following: examinations offered by the laboratory. Include logical listings or tables of tests and turnaround times), primary sample volumes, specific specimen containers, special precautions, and procedures for medico-legal samples details of relevant clinical algorithms, with links to local or national policies of referred tests, including the names, addresses and accreditation status of laboratories to which work is routinely referred a table to state the duration of storage for samples that may need re-testing, with information on disease incubation periods, testing interval and time limits for requesting additional tests You may also wish to include information on the costs of tests. Reporting results You should include the following: