Guidance to Coroners and Medical Examiners on Postmortem COVID-19 Testing at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and the Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory
DPH Numbered Memo BCD 2020-18
Summary:
The Department of Health Services (DHS) is providing guidance to coroners and medical examiners (MEs) in Wisconsin on the collection and submission of specimens for COVID-19 testing for persons who have died of unknown causes, and where COVID-19 is suspected. If testing would influence infection control considerations or inform the public health response, these specimens will be considered high priority for testing at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) and the Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory (MHDL).
The full memo is available here.
Please contact Tom Haupt at Thomas.Haupt@dhs.wisconsin.gov if you have questions about this memo.
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