Samples may be rejected or significantly delayed if they arrive with any of the following nonconformances:
- Non-scannable barcodes
- Unlabeled, mislabeled or incomplete labeled specimen tubes
- Tubes with insufficient media
- Improperly capped tubes
- Tubes with media that has congealed
- Missing electronic manifest file
- Incomplete electronic manifest file
- Paper manifest not included in the box with samples
- Specimens(s) deemed unacceptable due to the requirements of test; i.e. unvalidated specimen type, wrong swab type or placement in specimen tube
- Suspected specimen contamination
- Pre-analytic handling and transport requirements not met