1. (1) Any laboratory that receives a specimen for tuberculosis testing shall report all positive results as specified in s. DHS 145.04, including those obtained by an out-of-state laboratory, to the local health officer and to the department. The laboratory shall also submit an isolate from a patient with a positive culture to the state repository.

   Note: Isolates for the state repository should be sent to: Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, 2601 Agriculture Dr., Room 254, Madison, WI 53718.

2. (2) Any laboratory that performs primary culture for mycobacteria shall perform organism identification using an approved rapid testing procedure specified in the official statement of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, unless specified otherwise by the state epidemiologist. The laboratory shall ensure at least 80% of culture-positive specimens are reported as either Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex or not Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex within 21 calendar days of the laboratory’s receipt of the specimens.

   Note: The official statement of the Association of Public Health Laboratory entitled “Mycobacterium tuberculosis: assessing your laboratory”, 2013 is on file in the Legislative Reference Bureau, and is available from the Department’s Division of Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701–2659..

3. (3) Any laboratory that identifies Mycobacterium tuberculosis shall ensure that antimicrobial drug susceptibility tests are performed on all initial isolates. The laboratory shall report the results of these tests to the local health officer or the department.

   Note: Reports may be submitted to the Department’s Division of Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659.

History

History: Cr. Register, April, 1984, No. 340, eff. 5-1-84; am. (1), Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89; r. and recr. Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00; CR 01-105: r. and recr. Register March 2002 No. 555, eff. 4-1-02.