Last Modified:
2/20/2019 4:10:10 PM
Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
This specimen must reach the Parkview Health Laboratories within 48 hours of collection, please contact the client response department to verify the possible reciept time of the specimen, and the possibility of a special courier.
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
1mL or 1 swab minimum, Urogenital (vaginal, cervical, urethral swab or vaginal secretions) in V-C-M Media (Green Top)
Collection Instructions:
Order must include the site and/or source of collection
This media comes in site specific collection kits for Cervical, Lesion / Other, Nasopharyngeal, Urethral
For a Fluid collection transfer 0.5 mL in the V-C-M Media in equal volume (i.e., 3 mL fluid + 3 mL V-C-M)
Nasal Collection Instructions
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
Specimen must be Quick Frozen in a -70 degree refrigerator within 48 hours of collection.
Do Not place in a regular Freezer or Dry Ice
Reference Range:
No Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma isolated
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Methodology:
Culture
Clinical Significance:
Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma Hominis are primarily associated with genital tract colonization and disease in adults and respiratory tract colonization and disease in newborns. Though controversial, these organisms have been associated with endometritis, chorioamnionitis, premature rupture of membranes, stillbirth, premature birth, low birth weight, post-partum infections, and infertility. Of particular concern is the causal relationship between central nervous system infections in the premature newborn and U. urealyticum.
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
12 to 15 days
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
MYCP
EPIC Test Code:
LAB2509
Send Out Test Code:
7503 / 871X
Included Tests:
CPT Coding:
87109
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