Zika Guidance for San Francisco Physicians, Including Specimen Submission Instructions February 12, 2016 Physician Resource, Public Health, SF Dept of Public Health health advisory, Zika virus, Zika 0 Health officials confirmed Zika virus has reached Northern California after a resident of Yolo County tested positive for the virus. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) has provided detailed instructions for specimen submission for Zika virus testing. Click here to view specimen submission instructions. For asymptomatic pregnant patients returning from a Zika-affected country, testing may be offered with specimen collection 2 to 12 weeks post return. Specimens may be directly submitted to the California Department of Public Health laboratory per the above linked instructions with appropriate notification made to the SFDPH Communicable Disease Control Unit. Providers are asked to continue to contact the SFDPH Communicable Disease Control and Prevention (415) 554-2830 for testing requests for symptomatic patients. Zika test results take about 2 weeks to come back. Please note that Patient Information Fact Sheets are also available on the CDPH site, in English and Spanish versions. Click here to view the SFDPH Zika virus health advisory issued on January 22. Comments are closed.
