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Issue date: 4 June 2014

Issue number: 9

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Issue date: 13 June 2022 

Issue number: 7.2

Please note that the title has been changed from 'Investigation of mouth swabs' to ‘Investigation of superficial mouth samples’.

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Issue date: 12 January 2015 

Issue number: 7.1

Please note that B 5 'Investigation of nose swab' and B 19 'Investigation of sinus aspirate' have merged to become ‘Investigation of nasal samples’.

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Issue date: 11 May 2018 

Issue number: 9

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis’ to 'Investigation of whooping cough’.

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Issue date: 15 April 2015 

Issue number: 9

Please note that B9 ‘Investigation of throat swabs’ and P3 'Recommendations for screening specimens for Corynebacterium species' have merged to become ‘Investigation of throat related specimens’.

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Issue date 19 September 2018

Issue number 1.7

There has been a delay in the review of this document because it is being reviewed as part of a syndromic approach. It is hoped that this will be reviewed and updated accordingly as soon as possible.

Updated Department of Health guidelines regarding testing for Clostridium difficile were issued in May 2012.

Please note: RUCs for this document is not available.

Related UK SMI

The syndromic algorithm S 7: Gastroenteritis and diarrhoea provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

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Issue date: 19 December 2018 

Issue number: 6.5

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Investigation of skin, superficial and non-surgical wound swabs’ to ‘Investigation of swabs from skin and superficial soft tissue infections’.

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Issue date: 22 November 2016

Issue number: 6.2

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Investigation of abscesses and deep seated wound infections’ to ‘Investigation of pus and exudates’.

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Issue date: 11 January 2018 

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Issue date: 5 January 2018 

Issue number: 6.3

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Investigation of tissues and biopsies’ to ‘Investigation of tissues and biopsies from deep seated sites and organs’.

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Issue date: 27 June 2017

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Issue date: 31 May 2017 

Issue number: 6.1

Related UK SMI

The syndromic algorithm S 5: Meningoencephalitis provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

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Issue date: 26 April 2017

Issue number: 4.6

Please note: RUCs for this document is not available

Related UK SMI

The following syndromic algorithms provide supporting information related to this UK SMI:

• S 3: Conjunctivitis
• S 6: Sexually transmitted infections

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Issue date: 28 June 2017 

Issue number: 5.1

Related UK SMI

The syndromic algorithm S 7: Gastroenteritis and diarrhoea provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

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Under review

The last full scientific review of this document was completed on 4 November 2014.

Read the associated review of users’ comments.

Note: UK SMI B 37 is currently under review. At the end of the review, this document will be included in the syndromic document ‘UK SMI S 12: Sepsis and systemic or disseminated infections’

Related UK SMIs

The following syndromic algorithms provide supporting information related to this UK SMI

• S 1: Acute infective hepatitis
• S 2: Pneumonia
• S 5: Meningoencephalitis
• S 7: Gastroenteritis and diarrhoea

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Issue date: 5 October 2020 

Issue number: 7.3

Related UK SMI

The syndromic algorithm S 2: Pneumonia provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

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Issue date: 11 January 2019

Issue number: 8.7

Related UK SMI

The following syndromic algorithms provide supporting information related to this UK SMI:

• S 1: Acute infective hepatitis
• S 6: Sexually transmitted infections

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Issue date: 18 August 2021 

Issue number: 2.1

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Investigation of prosthetic joint infection samples’ to ‘Investigation of orthopaedic implant associated infections’.

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Issue date: 3 October 2019 

issue number: 7

Please note that the title has been changed from 'Investigation of Helicobacter pylori gastric biopsies’ to ‘Investigation of infectious causes of dyspepsia’.

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Issue date: 8 May 2019

Issue number: 3.5

Related UK SMI

The syndromic algorithm S 2: Pneumonia provides supporting information related to this UK SMI.

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Issue date: 26 June 2018

Issue number: 3.1

Please note that the title has been changed from ‘Detection of carriage of group B streptococci’ to ‘Detection of carriage of group B streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae)’.

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