This is a revision of a similar publication 
entitled “Collection, Handling, and Shipment 
of Diagnostic Specimens” previously issued 
under the same publication number. 
Public Health Service Publication No. 976 
First Printed December 1962 
Revised November 1968 
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office 
Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 50 cents 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WASHINGTON, D. C. : 1968 
