Table 2. Timing of steps in Xpert Ebola Assay for blood samples collected at Médecins Sans Frontières Donka Ebola Treatment Center, Conakry, Guinea, May–June 2015*.

Step	Median (IQR), min
Sampling obtained to sample received at laboratory†	11 (5–20)
Sample received to inactivation	14 (8–28)
Inactivation to start of assay	49 (43–56)
Start of assay to end of assay	94 (94–95)
End of assay to result available	2 (1–8)

*IQR, interquartile range.
†Only 67 samples were included; time of collection was not recorded for other samples.