Packaging and Shipping

Forms

• Requisition for Specimen Kits (.pdf)
• Universal Form Instructional Guide (.pdf)
• This is an instructional guide only, the form attached to this guide should not be printed and used to submit samples to the KHEL. If you are in need of Universal Forms please order them with the "Requisition for Specimen Kits Form, " which can be found above.

Category A, Infectious Substances

• Category A Infectious Substance Packaging Guide (.pdf)

Category B, Biological Substances

• Blood Lead (Whole Blood) Packaging Guide (.pdf)
• Blood / Chlamydia & Gonorrhea Packaging Guide (.pdf)
• Feces (Bacterial Culture) Packaging Guide (.pdf)
• Feces (Parasite) Packaging Guide (.pdf)
• Diagnostic Sputum (TB) Packaging Guide (.pdf)
• Pertussis Packaging Guide (.pdf)
• Rubella Pictorial Guide
• Virus Shipper Guide (.pdf)

Other Clinical Specimen Packaging Guides

• Blood Lead Filter Instructions Guide (.pdf)
• Neonatal Form Instructions Guide (.pdf)

Packaging and Shipping Checklists

• Checklist for Completing the Shipper's Declaration (.pdf)
• Category B, Biological Substances Packaging and Shipping Checklist (DOT and USPS Regulations) (.pdf)
• Category A, Infectious Substances Packaging and Shipping Checklist (DOT) (.pdf)

Shipping Chemical Emergency Samples Related to Human Exposure
to the Kansas Health & Environment Laboratories

If a chemical exposure event occurs in Kansas all human clinical samples are to be submitted to the Kansas Health and Environment Laboratories (KHEL). Note that if KHEL cannot analyze the samples, they will ship them to the appropriate laboratory to be analyzed. Samples should be submitted as identified within the flowcharts "Shipping Blood Specimens after a Chemical Exposure Event to KHEL" and "Shipping Urine Specimens after a Chemical Exposure Event to KHEL." A Universal Form should be completed for all patients and the bar code labels from the Universal Forms must be applied to the patients specimen containers. The Universal Form will act as the shipping manifests for the samples. See the "CDC Instructions for Collecting, Labeling and Shipping Specimens During a Chemical Exposure Event" for written instructions on packaging and shipping the specimens. Guidance on these documents may be obtained by contacting the KHEL Laboratory Preparedness and Response Team at (785) 296-1620 or Laboratory_Response_Group2@kdheks.gov.

• Chemical Event Specimen Collection, Packaging and Shipping Supply Locations
• Instructions for Shipping Blood Samples to KHEL Following a Chemical Exposure Event (Pictorial)
• Instructions for Shipping Urine Samples to KHEL Following a Chemical Exposure Event (Pictorial)
• KHEL Multi-Patient Evidence Chain of Custody

Shipping Samples Directly to CDC

• CDC Instructions for Collecting, Labeling, and Shipping Specimens During a Chemical Exposure Event
• CDC Specimen Collection Protocol for a Chemical Exposure Event (Pictorial)
• Instructions for Shipping Blood Specimens to the CDC after a Chemical Event (Pictorial)
• Instructions for Shipping Urine Specimens to the CDC after a Chemical Event (Pictorial)
• Blood Specimen Collection and Shipping Manifest
• Urine Specimen Collection and Shipping Manifest