2025 Guidelines of the Polish Society of LaboratoryDiagnostics and the Polish Society of Parasitology onlaboratory activities in medical parasitology

<ns3:p>The dynamic development of research techniques and the possibility of detecting a wide range of parasiticmarkers infections have made it important to update the usefulness of microscopic, molecular, immunodiagnosticand in vitro culture methods in daily laboratory practice. A properly performed diagnosis of infectious diseases,including parasitic diseases, is an important part of medical practice, influencing the decision to implementtherapy. Tests used in the laboratory, in addition to being certified for validation and standardization, should allowrapid and reliable diagnosis of infection markers.The present study provides recommendations on the principles of collection, transport and storage of biologicalmaterial for parasitological diagnosis and the selection of diagnostic methods (in terms of their quality andavailability in diagnostic laboratories), as well as the information on the correct processing of the test result andquality control in a medical parasitological laboratory.Update of recommendations for laboratory medical parasitology, was developed on the basis of the followingauthors’ publications: Myjak P, Głowniak C, Gołąb E, Jaborowska-Jarmoluk M, Kosik-Bogacka D, Matowicka-Karna J, Nowak P, Pietkiewicz H, Szostakowska B, Wnukowska N, Żarnowska-Prymek H. Standards in the rangeof laboratory activities in medical parasitology, estimation of their quality and diagnostics value, as well asinterpretation and authorization of the tests results (proposals). Diagn Lab. 2011; 47(3): 341–351.</ns3:p>