The transfer rule does not apply to LabID Event reporting. LabID Events are attributed to the location of the patient at the time of specimen collection. The location of attribution for LabID Events is based on the inpatient location of the patient at time of specimen collection regardless of time spent or procedures performed in the location. There is 1 special case scenario available for use:  If a specimen collected in an affiliated outpatient clinic is positive for an MDRO or CDI, and the patient it is collected from is admitted to the facility on the SAME calendar date into an inpatient location that is monitoring LabID Events for the identified MDRO or CDI, the positive specimen can be reported as the first specimen for the patient in that admitting inpatient location for the month. If the facility is also monitoring outpatient LabID Events for the same MDRO or CDI in affiliated outpatient clinics (FacWideOUT), then the same specimen for the patient would also be reported a second time for that outpatient location.