Insert issue number 2.1 Anticipated next review date* 27.04.18 Section(s) involved Amendment B 61 formerly G 9. Whole document. Document presented in a new format. Amendment number/date 6/27.04.15 Issue number discarded 1.4 Insert issue number 2 Section(s) involved Amendment Whole document. Hyperlinks updated to gov.uk. Page 2. Updated added. Minor text changes for clarity. Minor grammatical Introduction. corrections. Photographs and illustrations of Ctenocephalides canis updated. Section 3 fleas. – Information regarding Ceratophyllus and Nasophyllus species expanded. Addition of illustration of female Pediculus Section 4 lice. – humanus. Photographs and illustrations of Cimex lectularis Section 5 bedbugs. – updated. Under section 10.1 Safety Considerations – Section 10 - laboratory addition of text regarding processing of samples procedures. where Hazard Group 3 organisms are suspected. References. Some references updated. Reviews can be extended up to five years subject to resources available. UK SMI: scope and purpose of UK SMIs Primarily, UK SMIs are intended as a general resource for practising professionals operating in the of laboratory medicine and infection specialties in the UK. UK
Insert issue number 2.1 Anticipated next review date* 27.04.18 Section(s) involved Amendment Whole document. B 61 formerly G 9. Document presented in a new format. Amendment number/date 6/27.04.15 Issue number discarded 1.4 Insert issue number 2 Section(s) involved Amendment Whole document. Hyperlinks updated to gov.uk. Page 2. Updated added. Introduction. Minor text changes for clarity. Minor grammatical corrections. Section 3 – fleas. Photographs and illustrations of Ctenocephalides canis updated. Information regarding Ceratophyllus and Nasophyllus species expanded. Section 4 – lice. Addition of illustration of female Pediculus humanus. Section 5 – bedbugs. Photographs and illustrations of Cimex lectularis updated. Section 10 - laboratory procedures. Under section 10.1 Safety Considerations – addition of text regarding processing of samples where Hazard Group 3 organisms are suspected. References. Some references updated. Reviews can be extended up to five years subject to resources available. UK SMI: scope and purpose of UK SMIs Primarily, UK SMIs are intended as a general resource for practising professionals operating in the of laboratory medicine and infection specialties in the UK. UK
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