The other required criteria regarding the collection, detection, and storage:
- Transport medium: eNAT medium
- Minimum volume: 700 µl — 2 ml
- Required: detection method — qualitative PCR-test with specificity and sensitivity ≥ 95 %
- Required: date of procurement
- Required: was the patient symptomatic or asymptomatic
- Required: type of storage until dispatch—preferred intermediate storage at –80 °C and dispatch on dry ice (if intermediate storage is only possible at refrigerator temperature, the samples, including the temperature logger, must be sent within a few days)
- Required: age of the patient and gender, where age is more important